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Confirmation on the extent of Israel Dagg's injury

All Blacks wing Israel Dagg takes on Argentina

New Zealand wing Israel Dagg has been ruled out for the rest of the year with a knee injury.

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Dagg aggravated a long-standing issue in September’s 39-22 victory over Argentina in the Rugby Championship, in which he scored a try, his sole outing of the competition.

Steve Hansen had offered a downcast review on Dagg’s fitness when ruling the 29-year-old out of last week’s Test against South Africa, which New Zealand won by a crushing 57-0 scoreline.

“It doesn’t look great at this stage,” he said.

“It looks like he might need some time away from the game but until I get more information it would be pointless to tell you how long or what is wrong.”

The All Blacks revealed on Twitter that Dagg does not require surgery to fix the issue, but he will play no part in the remainder of the Rugby Championship, nor New Zealand’s November tour of the Northern Hemisphere, which sees them take on France and Wales among five matches.

Dagg underwent knee surgery in March after picking up an injury playing for Crusaders in Super Rugby, but he returned to fitness in time to play in all three of the All Blacks’ Tests against the British and Irish Lions.

He joins experienced prop Owen Franks and breakout star of the Lions tour, Jordie Barrett, in sitting out the rest of 2017 due to injury.

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Tom 8 hours ago
Will Bristol's daredevil 'Bears-ball' deliver the trophy they crave?

Also a Bristol fan and echo your sentiments.


I love watching Bristol but their approach will only get them so far I think. Exeter played like this when they first got promoted to the prem and had intermittent success, it wasn't until they wised up and played a more balanced game that they became a consistently top side.


I really want Bristol to continue playing this brand of rugby and I don't mind them running it from under their posts but I don't think they need to do it every single time. They need to be just a little bit more selective about when and where on the pitch they play. Every game they put themselves under so much needless pressure by turning the ball over under their posts trying to do kamikaze moves when it's not required. By all means run it from your goal line if there is a chance for a counter attack, we all want to see Bristol running in 100m tries from under their posts but I think until they learn when to do it and when to be pragmatic, they are unlikely to win the premiership.


Defense has been a real positive from Bristol, they've shown a lot of improvement there... And I will say that I think this kamikaze strategy they employ is a very good one for a struggling side and could be employed by Newcastle. It's seems to have turned around Gloucester's fortunes. The big advantage is even if you don't have the biggest and best players, what you have is cohesion. This is why Scotland keep battering England. England have better individuals but they look muddled as a team, trying to play a mixed strategy under coaches who lack charisma, the team has no identity. Scotland come out and give it full throttle from 1-15 even if they struggle against the top sides, sides like England and Wales who lack that identity drown under the relentless will and synergy of the Scots. If Newcastle did the same they could really surprise some people, I know the weather is bad up there but it hasn't bothered the Scots. Bristol can learn from Scotland too, Pat is on to something when he says the following but Scotland don't play test matches like headless chickens. They still play with the same level of clarity and ambition Bristol do but they are much better at picking their moments. They needed to go back to this mad game to get their cohesion back after a couple of seasons struggling but I hope they get a bit wiser from matches like Leinster and La Rochelle.


“If there’s clarity on what you’re trying to do as a team you can win anything.”

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