Springboks' Elton Jantjies and team dietician sent home from Argentina after reports of affair

Fly half "returning to South Africa to attend to these personal reports and to eliminate any distractions to the team’s preparations' 

Elton Jantjies of the Springboks signs autographs and takes a selfie with the fans at Adelaide Oval last month.

SOUTH African rugby officials have confirmed that Springbok fly half Elton Jantjies has returned home from Argentina ahead of their upcoming Rugby Championship game against the Pumas amid reports of an alleged affair with the team’s dietician.

The removal of Jantjies was not a punishment, but to allow the 32-year-old, who is married with three children, to “attend to these personal reports”, South African rugby authorities say.