Steyn injury will be managed for life

He is missing a cartridge? Is it just completely worn down into nothing from the wear and tear. It does not seem like a replacement artificial cartridge can be created. 
Frans Steyn allways looks in pain after taking pole kicks. I wonder if it also kicking for touch - but I presume so. If he was playing centre- and only doing a few long distance kicks he should be fine, and not touch finders or most goal kicking. 
Goosen also has a good long distance boot. 

When the swelling starts, no wonder he loses his speed and becomes lethargic in his running. 
With missing so much practise and training no wonder he is never properly fit.
Or maybe he is just playing the fool and diving from practise, and at Mcdonalds on Mondays, Tuesdays and sometimes Wednesday.....

Beeno
This is real bloody rubbish.  I cannot believe that an injure knee = managed it as much as they like - would not affect the speed and sideway movement of a player.  That affect the overall usefulness of a player and it has been the case with Steyn.   His defense was comparatively poor and his ball carries with two exceptions have been limited and ineffective.  
His defense was also affected because players run past it because he find it difficult to move sideways to affect tackles - the Slade try in the Crusaders test ebing an example.
What has already been written is that Steyn do not train on Mondays and Tuesdays and one wonders how that effects the backline training of the team as a whole.  The Sharks backline has been malfunctioning for months now and one wonders whether the reason for that is not because Steyn is in cotton wool and not training with the rest of the backline.    
I do not think that Steyn is totally indispensable to the Springbok team and to play a player with limited speed and defense capacities because of a gammy knee should never be considered.    In the recnt games Steyn starts off looking good and his game deteriorates  afterwards to a stage where he is really producing very little for the benefit of the team.   This is evident when he start to miss goal kicks like happened in virtually every game later in the game.  In any event opposing teams are going to exploit this issue now that they have become awar of the problem.    
He is soon off to Japan and will come back in even a worse physical condition he is now.  Despite all that is been said - he is overweight and that no doubt effects his knee.  All the players who went to Japan come back in a worse physical condition than they were before they depart.
Very sorry about this issue - but I cannot see how it would not be detrimental to his team - despite all his loyalty and fighting spirit.           .  .        

 #Mike Interpretation of the above,"Ag man he is kak slow and a Shark,I more Stomers in the Bok team AKA De Alende". Let me tell you something about MCL ligaments...paras get them a lot along with cyatic nerve damage combined with panter phaciatis.Once you tear an MCL,the question is not will it happen again but when.LOL...yeah that's right old Mikey...your wonder boy De Elende lol wont have a long career and soon will be as kak slow as Steyn and then we will all retort the same stuff you do about Steyn.Also,don't lie,you couldn't give a duck about Steyn.If you were honest you would wish he never returns.