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All Blacks voice concern after prop gets cut 'right through into the muscle'

Tyrel Lomax exits the field. Photo by IAN KINGTON/AFP via Getty Images

New Zealand added one more player to the injury ward in their heavy loss to the Springboks, and there’s a concern for player welfare with the second deep flesh wound of the year potentially sidelining another starter.

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Tyrel Lomax never bothered trying to get back to his feet after a tackle on Springboks fullback Damian Willemse, having sustained what appeared to be a deep cut on his thigh.

While there was momentary relief the injury wasn’t anything ligament-related, the nature of the wound poses a very different risk.

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The open wound was quickly tended to but inevitably spelled the end of Lomax’s night just 13 minutes into the contest.

Following the match, All Blacks head coach Ian Foster reported on the injury while voicing his concern over its cause.

“Tyrel’s pretty bad actually,” Foster revealed. “He’s got quite a big cut, it’s right through into the muscle on the thigh.

“We’ve got a little bit of a concern with some of the sharp plastic blade stuff that’s happening at the moment so we’ll have to check which boot that came from.

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“It certainly wasn’t deliberate but Beaudy got cut with a similar sort of thing so we’ll have to check that out.

“But he’s not in a great way. (We’ve got) a few other dings, a few sore people but that often happens when you go down to 14 and you’re chasing the game and working hard.”

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Beauden Barrett fell victim to a stray boot in Super Rugby Pacific earlier in the year, leaving the playmaker with 20 stitches and more than a few nervous moments as the All Black awaited his diagnosis.

“It was a sprig straight across my Achilles,” Barrett said back in June. “It did everything, but get the tendon.

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“I was pretty lucky. It was a good gash – I must have been pretty lucky for it not to knick the tendon.”

Barrett missed the following two games as he recovered from the injury. The All Blacks are yet to know how long they will be without Lomax’s services but Ian Foster appeared confident the injury would not rule the prop out of the World Cup entirely.

“I would doubt it,” he said.

“There’s no question it’s accidental, we’ve just got to make sure we’re looking after our players.”

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Greg 632 days ago

Must be one of his own players boot, maybe same player that cut barett in super rugby. This type of stuff sdoes not happen in South Africa :)

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GrahamVF 631 days ago

If the AB's had lost by 135 to 7 they would still

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Andrew 633 days ago

Funny how if any other team complains shout ref, NZ supporters tell them to look at the score board, but when it happens to them, the whinging commences.

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Jason 631 days ago

Funny how, whenever springbok lose, they and all their supporters start calling the other team cheats. When the springbok win, they start calling the other team cheats. When All Blacks lose, the look inwards to find what they are doing wrong and fix it. They promote the other team and congradulate them. When they win, they still promote the other team as being worthy. This is one of the reasons why New Zealand All Blacks have been the best rugby team in the world for the last 120 years.

When springbok tour New Zealand, the whole country opens their arms and makes them feel at home. When All Blacks tour south africa, they get insulted and spat on. I thought the two countries were freinds.

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Robert 633 days ago

The Bok team is run at a very high level . There is no way they would allow a player to use non legal equipment.

To much money and time invested to risk it .

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JW 629 days ago

Haha Twitter rants are peak professionalism right?


I loved it to be fair though

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Robert 633 days ago

It sounds like some here can't take a loosing match... bringing dirty studs as an excuse come on.....

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Mike 633 days ago

Honestly this is not whinging. If injuries are happening from blade type plastic studs then it needs to be reviewed. They are not blaming anyone. Just questioning the wisdom of the studs.

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LC 633 days ago

Ja from an SA supporter this just sounds logical for the well being of everyone

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johan 634 days ago

Hey stop, the all blacks were their own downfall. With their ill dicipline, you all black fans is just like the bull fans of SA, if they loose its always the refs fault, take the loss like a damn man, man up for a change

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dan 634 days ago

Replay shows bok No14 possibly accidentally stepping on Lomax bent knee as he was being tackled from behind roughly 13m9s into the game. Check the studs!

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Sean 634 days ago

Kurt-Lee Arendse (No. 14) appears like he was wearing normal type studs - on a red & white boot.

Appears to be just an unusual accident.

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CO 634 days ago

This is a disgrace at international level, terrible officiating and not doing the basic checking of legal footwear. There is no possibility of players being cut like this. The match should've been immediately stopped and a check of the incident. Once the illegal sprig found the player should then be red carded/removed from the field.

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Ben Smith is a Dick 633 days ago

Always the officiating with you Conrad, all blacks loose blame officials 🤣🤣🤣

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Drew 634 days ago

Youve made a lot of assumptions there. Illegal stud, boots not checked. Also you call for a red card here but think Scott Barrett didn’t even deserve a yellow. You are certainly not doing much for New Zealand's rep of being gracious in defeat.

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Michael Röbbins (academic and writer extraordinair 634 days ago

What the actual hell are you advocating: a red card for accidentally cutting someone with a stray boot? You’ve clearly lost your rationality if you think a player at the test match level is walking around with switchblades on their boots, looking to slice people. Jesus wept, stop calling for a red gol’damn card for everything from an accidental stud to dirty looks.

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Willie 634 days ago

Aren't studs checked anymore?

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