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Extent of Quinn Tupaea's injury revealed as Swain cited for dangerous clean out

Quinn Tupaea. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)

All Blacks head coach Ian Foster has revealed the extent of Quinn Tupaea’s injury suffered against the Wallabies in Melbourne last night.

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The All Black midfielder will miss the remainder of the season after suffering a ruptured medial cruciate ligament (MCL) as well as a partial anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear in his left knee.

The injury occurred during Thursday night’s Bledisloe Cup test in Melbourne after a targetted clean out by Wallaby lock Darcy Swain, who has since been cited for the play.

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Ian Foster stated in his post game press conference that Tupaea would get a scan, and shared his thoughts on the play:

“It looked dangerously like an ACL, which is a very very significant long term injury,” he told media.

“We’ve got a big issue with it (the play by Swain), we’ve got a player who’s probably going to be out for nine months.”

“You’re not allowed to target legs on the side and clean out past the ball. The rules are pretty clear.”

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Tupaea was securing the All Blacks ball at a ruck when Swain threw his shoulder into Tupaea’s leg, forcing the Chiefs star’s leg to twist.

 

Swain received a yellow card for his actions, although Wallaby coach Dave Rennie clarified there was no intent in the clean out in his post game comments.

“It was certainly nothing intentional.” Rennie said post match.

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Ian Foster again fronted press Friday morning and announced the results of the scan amongst other updates.

Swain’s citing means he will face a judicial hearing with a potential ban the outcome.

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Tupaea was injected into the match early after a head knock to starting No 12 David Havili, who is also under an injury cloud heading into the return clash in Auckland.

David Havili is unlikely to play in next weekend’s follow up test at Eden Park after suffering a concussion in Melbourne, he will join captain Sam Cane in going through concussion protocols over the next week.

The injuries to the two midfielders could see a call up for Auckland’s Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, who debuted in July against Ireland but has returned to NPC duties to get game time.

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Ruaan 889 days ago

Crikey... how's that not intentional? What else could you expect the result to be when you target a player's lower leg/knee like that, with force and from the side? Terrible luck for Tupaea.

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Andrew 889 days ago

Rennies credibility is slumping with his defence of Swain who has serious form for thuggery. The evidence of intent to injure was clear.

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SM 1 hour ago
Where is the new breed of All Black 10?

NZ Rugby high performance has fallen behind, it used to pump out more quality 10s than it had teams for. Now there are no international quality players coming through the system and the players that are coming through are not getting enough quality minutes driving teams on the field.


JOC was a great pick up for the Crusaders.


Both Rivez and Taha have a lot of potential and some mentoring from a player like JOC could bring their game management, tactical kicking and dealing with the pressure of being the driver of a Super Rugby team at a young age as he has been through it and made a few mistakes in his younger years.


This old school view that NZR has about not selecting any players from overseas is an 80s amateur view.


The ABs don't need to pick the whole squad from overseas but if the had 2-3 players that had already put in some time in Super Rugby it benifits both the ABs and the next level of talent that can build skills in Super Rugby rather than be lost to Japan, the UK or France.


NZR is losing sponsors and players are leaving for the extra dollars earlier in their careers now.


Professional careers are short and the NZR sabbaticals don't cut it anymore for the top elite AB players.


The Japanese League One teams want the big ticket international players for longer contracts to develop more Japan eligible players by playing with these top tier international players for their future and to make a quality depth pool of players for the Japan national team to be higher ranked internationally.


NZR need to get a professional attitude as the current lip service they give makes them look like a 3 ring circus and the ABs slide further from the top the longer this short sighted amateur thinking forms their decisions on key areas which holts professionalism moving forward for rugby in NZ.

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