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Brutal All Blacks twist from bitter Bledisloe Test - CtrlF.XYZ

Brutal All Blacks twist from bitter Bledisloe Test

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All Blacks and Chiefs midfielder Quinn Tupaea has been ruled retired of rugby for 9 months pursuing the ugly cleanout by Wallabies fastener Darcy Swain successful the archetypal Bledisloe Test.

It was initially thought that Tupaea would not request country and would miss lone 3 months, but the All Blacks announced connected Thursday that caller scans revealed extended harm to his ACL.

Tupaea volition miss Super Rugby Pacific and present faces a contention for fittingness and signifier earlier the Rugby World Cup adjacent year.

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Swain copped a six-week prohibition for the incident but helium volition lone miss 3 Tests aft Rugby Australia controversially named him successful the Australia A squad for their three-game bid against Japan.

The All Blacks volition beryllium fuming astatine the revised diagnosis, which volition change their semipermanent reasoning astir their midfield selections.

"We've got a large contented with it," manager Ian Foster said of the incidental aft the Test successful Melbourne.

"We've got a subordinate who's putting (Tupaea) retired for 9 months and you're not allowed to people legs connected the broadside astatine a cleanout past the ball, truthful the rules are beauteous clear."

All Blacks veterans Beauden Barrett and Aaron Smith shared their coach's frustrations successful the days pursuing the Bledisloe opener.

"I consciousness for Quinn," Barrett said.

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"He fundamentally didn't spot it coming. He was a sitting duck... it was a spot of a escaped shot.

"I consciousness for him due to the fact that he's going to beryllium retired of the crippled for a agelong clip and I'm not excessively definite what's happening successful their campy with Darcy Swain. We don't similar to spot these sorts of injuries."

Smith, too, hinted that the quality of the incidental had near a bitter sensation successful the All Blacks camp.

"Seeing Quinn similar that connected Friday was beauteous tough," helium said.

"You ever consciousness for the brothers. Injuries hap successful rugby, but immoderate tin beryllium controlled."

Wallabies manager Dave Rennie initially questioned whether the incidental adjacent merited the yellowish paper that was shown to Swain connected the night.

"I'm not convinced astir Darcy's (yellow card)," Rennie said.

"It was surely thing intentional. Ironically, helium got neck-rolled anterior to him cleaning out, but that wasn't picked up."

However, Rennie aboriginal changed his sentiment aft the judicial process that saw Swain banned for six weeks.

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The All Blacks are already battling injuries successful the midfield, with Anton Lienert-Brown yet to instrumentality pursuing a superior enarthrosis injury, portion Jack Goodhue has been plagued by a semipermanent genu injury.

The All Blacks utilized Jordie Barrett astatine No.12 in the 40-14 triumph against the Wallabies past weekend, and the Tupaea quality could propulsion Foster into shifting the Hurricanes prima to a imperishable midfield role.

The All Blacks volition sanction their squad connected October 9 for their end-of-season-tour against Japan, Wales, Scotland and England.

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The Chiefs, meanwhile, volition beryllium hugely disappointed to suffer a cardinal limb for the full season.

Although they person bully extent successful the country with Lienert-Brown, Alex Nankivell and Rameka Poihipi, nary 1 rather offers Tupaea's ball-carrying strength.

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