Brumbies v Crusaders
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Confirming what @Chris-B posted:
Add Ben Funnell, Oli Jager and Tom Sanders to the list of broken Super Rugby players. Prior to boarding a flight for Canberra, where the Crusaders will play the Brumbies on Saturday night, Scott Robertson sounded like a medic returning from a rugged military exercise as he relayed details of his latest casualties. The news on hooker Funnell, prop Jager and loose forward Sanders was grim. Funnell and Jager won't play for the Crusaders again this year, and it's extremely doubtful whether Sanders will either. Funnell suffered a serious knee injury against the Sunwolves last weekend, while Sanders damaged the same ankle which required a screw to be inserted into it in the pre-season. Both require operations. Jager had been bothered by a shoulder injury, and it's been decided he needs to have it reconstructed. Robertson said Funnell had stuffed his anterior cruciate ligament and could be out for up to eight months. "They (the doctors) will know the extent of it once they get in, how much cartilage has been taken with it and if there are any cracks on the bone. It is a major operation for Ben and our thoughts are with him. "It is pretty emotional for both those (Funnell and Sanders) players, they have been through a lot."Centre Jack Goodhue remains off limits until the hamstring he injured against the Lions on April 2 is repaired.There is also good news:
The news on Richie Mo'unga is brighter. Although Robertson hasn't named the All Blacks first five-eighth to play the Brumbies, which was the original deadline after he fractured his jaw on March 3, he should be fit to meet the Rebels the following weekend. Rather than take the risk of Mo'unga getting whacked on the jaw, and being out for another three to four weeks, the sensible option was to delay his comeback. "They just had to take a little bit of the plate out … It wasn't quite fully knitted in his mouth, so the surgeon made a call and said 'look, one extra week is going to give him the ability to heal 100 per cent'," Robertson said. -
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@stargazer Same thought occurred to me. Possibly somewhat unfortunate timing for Vella.
Wonder what Ti'i Paulo is up to?
(Five minutes of Facebook sleuthing tells me he's still keen to play rugby and is RDO for Renwick Rugby Club).
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@stargazer said in Brumbies v Crusaders:
9 Joe POWELL, 10 Wharenui HAWERA, 11 Chance PENI, 12 Andrew SMITH, 13 Tevita KURIDRANI, 14 Henry SPEIGHT, 15 Tom BANKS
What a pedestrian backline that is. Small wonder the Brumbies attack is penalty -> lineout -> maul
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What a ball from Tamanivalu to put master Bateman in. Outrageous.
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Forearm to the face for Dagg. Fuck sakes he's only just got back on the field, poor bloke.
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How excessive does "excessive force" have to be? I'm not sure he could have hit him much harder than that.
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Mataele great finish, made it look easy. He's having a great season.
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Haha that was awesome, Mataele beats three people with one step to score.
