Cape Town - Utility forward Michael Rhodes will return home from the Stormers' Super Rugby tour of Australasia after suffering a hamstring tear in his team's 32-18 bonus point win over the Waratahs in Sydney at the weekend.
The tough-tackling forward was forced to leave the field in the 33rd minute on Saturday and he now faces a six-to-eight-week layoff
It was Rhodes’s second injury blow of the season after picking up a knee injury against the Lions in late February.