Om the early part of Super Rugby this year in the absence of Etzebeth - Schicrkerling together with Du Toit and De Jager clearly showed his class as a lock and was regarded as a future Springbok in his own right.
He was injured in the game against the Crusaders 3 March 2018 when the latter team collapsed a scrum a meter out from their tryline in an effort to prevent the Stormers from scoring a pushover try - the last scrum in the game a minute before the end of play. The culprit was Bily Harmon - who was yellow-carded as a result. This was deliberate and very clearly planned.As Harmon was in the team as a loosie
However, back to the Schickerling injury - he was booked off for an estimated 12 weeks and taking that period into account he should be fit to start playing by the end of May 2018, He should be ready to play from Round 17 of Super Rugby at the end of June 2018.
