11.   Thuram suffered a minor shin bone injury when he slammed into goalkeeper Fabien Barthez in training Monday.

12.   Wilmots has recovered from an infected shin injury and put in a day of full training Monday before leaving with the team to Prague.

13.   Wilmots has recovered from an shin injury and put in a day of full training Monday before leaving with the team to Prague.

14.   Andrew Hudson and Brian McMillan sat out for South Africa with upset stomachs, while Indian left-hander Saurav Ganguly was sidelined with a shin injury.

15.   Eriksson said he was delighted to have nearly all his squad fit with the exception of Owen Hargreaves who has a shin injury.

16.   Scrum-half Johan Roux is unavailable and Test centre Hennie le Roux will take a niggling shin injury with him on tour.

17.   The gap left by Beckham could be filled by versatile midfielder Kieron Dyer who has been in sparkling form for Newcastle since returning from a shin injury.