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Hurricanes' Milner-Skudder out for at least six weeks

Hurricanes full-back Nehe Milner-Skudder

Hurricanes full-back Nehe Milner-Skudder has been ruled out for at least six weeks due to a fractured foot.

Milner-Skudder, 26, suffered the injury during Hurricanes’ 26-18 Super Rugby loss to Chiefs in Hamilton on Friday.

While he has avoided surgery, scans revealed a small fracture – ruling him out in a huge blow to Hurricanes.

“It’s disappointing, but these things happen in rugby,” Milner-Skudder said.

“All I can do is focus on the rehab and making sure I do everything right to get back on the field.

“The encouraging thing is the medical staff don’t believe there will be any long-term issues. It was just a freak accident.”

Hurricanes coach Chris Boyd said it was hard to tell just how long eight-time All Black Milner-Skudder would be sidelined.

He said: “That all depends on how quickly he heals, so it’s just speculation at this point, but the sooner the better.”

Milner-Skudder also missed most of last season after needing shoulder surgery in March.

Hurricanes have won two of their opening three games of the season to sit fourth in the Australasian Group.

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Nickers 27 minutes ago
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I thought we made a lot of progress against that type of defence by the WC last year. Lots of direct running and punching holes rather than using width. Against that type of defence I think you have to be looking to kick on first phase when you have front foot ball which we did relatively successfully. We are playing a lot of rugby behind the gain line at the moment. They are looking for those little interchanges for soft shoulders and fast ball or off loads but it regularly turns into them battering away with slow ball and going backwards, then putting in a very rushed kick under huge pressure.


JB brought that dimension when he first moved into 12 a couple of years ago but he's definitely not been at his best this year. I don't know if it is because he is being asked to play a narrow role, or carrying a niggle or two, but he does not look confident to me. He had that clean break on the weekend and stood there like he was a prop who found himself in open space and didn't know what to do with the ball. He is still a good first phase ball carrier though, they use him a lot off the line out to set up fast clean ball, but I don't think anyone is particularly clear on what they are supposed to do at that point. He was used really successfully as a second playmaker last year but I don't think he's been at that role once this year. He is a triple threat player but playing a very 1 dimensional role at the moment. He and Reiko have been absolutely rock solid on defence which is why I don't think there will be too much experimentation or changes there.

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