Redelinghuys back home after neck operation

Cape Town - Springbok and Golden Lions prop Julian Redelinghuys is back home after undergoing a successful neck operation.

Redelinghuys, 27, broke his neck after being tackled by Free State Cheetahs hooker Torsten Van Jaarsveld in last Saturday’s Currie Cup semi-final in Bloemfontein - a game the Cheetahs won 55-17.

Redelinghuys sustained a dislocation of his neck at C5/6 level and underwent a successful operation in a Bloemfontein hospital the following day.

He has since recovered sufficiently and has returned home to Johannesburg.

He posted a message on his Instagram account after returning home, praising God and the people who wished him well.

Whether Redelinghuys makes a return to rugby remains to be seen.

God is goed!! Ek is so dankbaar vir elke persoon wat gebel, gemsg, gebid, gestop en hallo gese het, al die hospitaal personeel en dokters en my familie se ondersteuning. My vrou en pa wat byna elke minuut saam met my was, het ek so baie waardering voor. Was 'n paar rowwe dae, maar is nou by die huis en opgewonde oor die tyd wat vir ons voorlê. Die Here se plan is perfek. Weereens dankie aan almal se ondersteuning en gebede. Ek waardeer dit opreg en is dankbaar vir elkeen van julle.

A photo posted by Julian Redelinghuys (@julianred3) on Oct 20, 2016 at 7:20am PDT