Johannesburg’s Lions have called up Shaun Reynolds and Jan-Henning Campher to their touring squad preparing to play the Crusaders in Christchurch on Friday.
Gianni Lombard suffered a knee injury in the Super Rugby match against the Chiefs in Hamilton on Friday and is returning home.
He will undergo further tests to determine the extent of the injury once back in the country.
Two players, Reynolds and Campher, departed for New Zealand on Saturday evening as back-up.