Wallabies plagued by injuries
Source: Agencies |
August 26, 2009, Wednesday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
LOCK Nathan Sharpe and center Berrick Barnes have been ruled out of Australia's team to play South Africa in the Tri-Nations on Saturday.
The pair joined a mounting casualty list that forced the Wallabies to delay the naming of their team by 48 hours.
The selectors were due to name their side yesterday but had to postpone the announcement until tomorrow because of the heavy injury toll from last weekend's 18-19 loss to New Zealand in Sydney.
Four players, Sharpe, Barnes, teenage fullback James O'Connor and flanker Rocky Elsom, missed Monday's training session in Perth to seek medical treatment.
Sharpe was then ruled out of the match because of a shoulder problem while Barnes was overlooked after suffering concussion and injuring his neck against the All Blacks last weekend.
Elsom is nursing an ankle injury while O'Connor limped off the field after hurting his leg, although x-rays later cleared him of any fractures.
The Australian selectors are also expected to consider making changes after losing all three of their Tri-Nations matches this season, with prop Al Baxter and scrumhalf Luke Burgess both in danger after being replaced against the All Blacks.
South Africa leads the competition with three straight wins on home soil and is embarking on a three-match road trip. Australia has only two points and needs to win its remaining three matches and rely on other results going its way to have any chance of winning the Tri-Nations title.
Coach Robbie Deans said he was waiting to see how Elsom and O'Connor recovered before announcing his squad after practice tomorrow.
The pair joined a mounting casualty list that forced the Wallabies to delay the naming of their team by 48 hours.
The selectors were due to name their side yesterday but had to postpone the announcement until tomorrow because of the heavy injury toll from last weekend's 18-19 loss to New Zealand in Sydney.
Four players, Sharpe, Barnes, teenage fullback James O'Connor and flanker Rocky Elsom, missed Monday's training session in Perth to seek medical treatment.
Sharpe was then ruled out of the match because of a shoulder problem while Barnes was overlooked after suffering concussion and injuring his neck against the All Blacks last weekend.
Elsom is nursing an ankle injury while O'Connor limped off the field after hurting his leg, although x-rays later cleared him of any fractures.
The Australian selectors are also expected to consider making changes after losing all three of their Tri-Nations matches this season, with prop Al Baxter and scrumhalf Luke Burgess both in danger after being replaced against the All Blacks.
South Africa leads the competition with three straight wins on home soil and is embarking on a three-match road trip. Australia has only two points and needs to win its remaining three matches and rely on other results going its way to have any chance of winning the Tri-Nations title.
Coach Robbie Deans said he was waiting to see how Elsom and O'Connor recovered before announcing his squad after practice tomorrow.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
