'Horrible news': Star's worst injury fears realised

Australia's 2 astir dynamic props are facing a contention against the timepiece for the Rugby World Cup aft Waratahs and Wallabies prima Angus Bell's worst fears were realised.

Bell ruptured the large toed connected his close ft successful Friday's Super Rugby nonaccomplishment to the Brumbies successful Sydney, with scans confirming a repetition of the aforesaid wounded that kept him sidelined past year.

The 22-year-old is apt to miss 4-6 months, a crushing stroke for NSW and a large interest for Wallabies manager Eddie Jones, who watched the setback astatine Allianz Stadium.

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Angus Bell of the Waratahs reacts to his toed injury. (Getty)

"That is simply a monolithic blow, if that's the case," Waratahs manager Darren Coleman said aft the match.

"He felt precise akin to erstwhile helium did it successful the England Test (last year). It is horrible news."

Before the wounded that near him visibly distraught, Bell was ascendant against the Brumbies and helped acceptable up the opening effort for 18-year-old winger Max Jorgensen.

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Angus Bell of the Waratahs reacts to his toed injury. (Getty)

"He busted his arse to get backmost connected the tract and I americium hoping it isn't what helium thinks," Waratahs guardant Jed Holloway said.

"Because helium has enactment immoderate superior clip and hard enactment into his assemblage and I volition beryllium gutted for him if it is."

Fellow Wallabies prop Taniela Tupou is also expected to miss his last Super Rugby play with the Reds aft tearing his Achilles against Ireland past year.

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Tupou and Jones are some hopeful helium tin diagnostic astatine the World Cup successful France.

The Wallabies tin inactive thin connected elder props James Slipper and Allan Alaalatoa but Bell and Tupou connection satellite people athleticism and skills.

Meanwhile, the Waratahs indispensable reset for a Super Round clash against the Fijian Drua successful Melbourne aft the Brumbies crashed their homecoming astatine Allianz Stadium.

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"It's disappointing," Coleman said.

"We've been targeting 1 crippled and moving towards 1 crippled and successful the discourse of the play it was a large one.

"We've conscionable got to instrumentality our medicine and devour a spot of humble pie, person a look astatine what we could bash amended and combat backmost adjacent week."

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