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Roos rookie goes down in freak training mishap - CtrlF.XYZ

Roos rookie goes down in freak training mishap

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Kangaroos debutant Harry Grant had an wounded scare during a grooming league conscionable 4 days retired from the World Cup.

The Australian hooker was one of 7 players named to marque their archetypal quality successful the greenish and golden ahead of Sunday's (AEDT) crippled against Fiji successful England.

But conscionable hours later, Grant had to person aesculapian attraction erstwhile helium accidentally slammed into a goalpost during grooming with the nationalist team.

Grant had been chasing teammate Reuben Cotter successful a simulation drill erstwhile helium dived, slid and collided with the upright, hurting his ribs.

He finished the grooming league but had to person crystal strapped to his ribs.

The incidental was captured exclusively by 9News cameras, and helium was quizzed connected the wounded afterwards.

"I cleaned the station up, but I'm not excessively bad. I got done the league beauteous good," Grant told 9News.

"It was conscionable a spot of symptom astatine the start."

Grant has been named to commencement connected the seat against Fiji.

The different Kangaroos debutants named by manager Mal Meninga are Pat Carrigan, Cotter, Jeremiah Nanai, Tino Fa'asuamaleaui, Angus Crichton, and Murray Taulagi.

"Every Aussie kid increasing up dreams of playing for Australia," Grant said.

"I retrieve the World Cups backmost successful the day, getting up, mounting alarms astatine each hours of the nighttime to get up and ticker the games.

"To beryllium present doing it present is beauteous special."

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