Umaga, Collins set to make Springbok game

New Zealand forward Jerry Collins has been cleared of any serious injury and should be available for the side's World Cup quarter…

New Zealand forward Jerry Collins has been cleared of any serious injury and should be available for the side's World Cup quarter-final against South Africa on Saturday.

Collins was substituted after 52 minutes of New Zealand's final pool D match, a 53-37 victory over Wales in Sydney yesterday.

"Jerry had a nasty blow to his ribs and we were initially worried he had broken a rib or damaged his kidneys," team doctor John Mayhew said today.

"We have done a x-ray which shows no fracture and a CT scan of his chest and abdomen which showed no significant injury there."

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Vice-captain Tana Umaga should also be available for selection. He ruptured his posterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in the All Blacks opening pool D victory over Italy and has missed the last three games.

But Mayhew said Umaga would train with the team tomorrow and he was confident the 30-year-old centre would be available for selection.