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[2014 TRC] Australia v Argentina in Gold Coast (13/09/2014)
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<blockquote data-quote="Darwin" data-source="post: 670944" data-attributes="member: 24910"><p>I'm not so sure about this. I know Australia has a pretty long injury list, but both New Zealand and South Africa have their fair share of injuries too. Stormer2010 has listed the key SA injuries - here are the key ones for the All Blacks (going into the SA test):</p><p></p><p>1. <strong>Tony Woodcock </strong>(1st choice)</p><p>4. & 5. <strong>Sam Whitelock</strong>, <strong>Patrick Tuipolotu, Luke Romano, Dominic Bird </strong>(2nd-5th choice. Thrush - who will start - is our 6th choice lock)</p><p>6. <strong>Jerome Kaino </strong>(1st choice), <strong>Liam Messam </strong>(2nd choice), <strong>Victor Vito</strong> (maybe 3rd choice?)</p><p>10. <strong>Daniel Carter</strong> (1st choice?)</p><p></p><p>Charles Piutau is only just back to full fitness, and the likes of Keiran Read, Aaron Cruden, Ma'a Nonu (and his replacement Ryan Crotty), Julian Savea, and Israel Dagg have missed 1 or more tests this season with injury (and it has hardly been a long season - only 6 tests so far).</p><p></p><p>I know Australia has a lot of injuries at the moment (mainly to their hookers!) - perhaps slightly more than NZ and SA (though not significantly more) - I think my point (like Stormer2010's) is that most test sides have to deal with a lot of injuries, and no side come away relatively unscathed...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darwin, post: 670944, member: 24910"] I'm not so sure about this. I know Australia has a pretty long injury list, but both New Zealand and South Africa have their fair share of injuries too. Stormer2010 has listed the key SA injuries - here are the key ones for the All Blacks (going into the SA test): 1. [B]Tony Woodcock [/B](1st choice) 4. & 5. [B]Sam Whitelock[/B], [B]Patrick Tuipolotu, Luke Romano, Dominic Bird [/B](2nd-5th choice. Thrush - who will start - is our 6th choice lock) 6. [B]Jerome Kaino [/B](1st choice), [B]Liam Messam [/B](2nd choice), [B]Victor Vito[/B] (maybe 3rd choice?) 10. [B]Daniel Carter[/B] (1st choice?) Charles Piutau is only just back to full fitness, and the likes of Keiran Read, Aaron Cruden, Ma'a Nonu (and his replacement Ryan Crotty), Julian Savea, and Israel Dagg have missed 1 or more tests this season with injury (and it has hardly been a long season - only 6 tests so far). I know Australia has a lot of injuries at the moment (mainly to their hookers!) - perhaps slightly more than NZ and SA (though not significantly more) - I think my point (like Stormer2010's) is that most test sides have to deal with a lot of injuries, and no side come away relatively unscathed... [/QUOTE]
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