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'My body is actually okay' - Read's recovery from back surgery takes him back to roots

Kieran Read playing for Counties Manukau in a pre-season match in 2018. (Photo by Getty Images)

New Zealand captain Kieran Read made his return from back surgery for a Counties Manukau side including amateurs and club players in a pre-season clash on Wednesday.

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The Crusaders number eight has been sidelined since going under the knife late last year to free nerve pressure from a disc bulge.

Read was back in action against a Tasman outfit as Counties stepped up their preparations for the Mitre Cup campaign at Mountfort Park, Manurewa.

The All Blacks skipper went back to his roots to turn out for the first half, with his father watching on, and is now targeting a Super Rugby comeback.

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– it is a bit tired,” he said.

“Today really was just to go out and get a bit of contact, take a few hits, make some tackles and really just enjoy the game.

“We got through all that with no adverse effects on the body. It is going to be a step up going back to Super Rugby. It was good to get that hit-out so now it is up to the coaches to decide how they want to use me.

“Maybe in a smaller way off the bench or something next week.”

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JW 59 minutes ago
Why England's defence of the realm has crumbled without Felix Jones

This piece is nothing more than the result of revisionist fancy of Northern Hemisphere rugby fans. Seeing what they want to see, helped but some surprisingly good results and a desire to get excited about doing something well.


I went back through the 6N highlights and sure enough in every English win I remembered seeing these exact holes on the inside, that are supposedly the fallout out of a Felix Jones system breaking down in the hands of some replacement. Every time the commentators mentioned England being targeted up the seam/around the ruck or whatever. Each game had a try scored on the inside of the blitz, no doubt it was a theme throughout all of their games. Will Jordan specifically says that Holland had design that move to target space he saw during their home series win.


Well I'm here to tell you they were the same holes in a Felix Jones system being built as well. This woe is now sentiment has got to stop. The game is on a high, these games have been fantastic! It is Englands attack that has seen their stocks increase this year, and no doubt that is what SB told him was the teams priority. Or it's simply science, with Englands elite players having worked towards a new player welfare and management system, as part of new partnership with the ERU, that's dictating what the players can and can't put their bodies through.


The only bit of truth in this article is that Felix is not there to work on fixing his defence. England threw away another good chance of winning in the weekend when they froze all enterprise under pressure when no longer playing attacking footy for the second half. That mindset helped (or not helped if you like) of course by all this knee jerk, red brained criticism.

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