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RSSAustralia Rugby Team battle with Misfortune
Australia has suffered a late blow ahead of Saturday night’s rugby Test against France with veteran lock Nathan Sharpe ruled out with a groin strain.
Sharpe sustained the injury when he stumbled during training at Ballymore on Thursday morning and coach Robbie Deans had little choice but to scratch him from the Suncorp Stadium clash. The loss of stalwart Sharpe saps the Wallabies pack of 66 Tests worth of experience and forces a major disruption to the lineout.
New South Wales second-rower Dean Mumm has been promoted for a maiden Test start in a decidedly inexperienced Wallabies outfit that features seven starters with less than 10 international caps.
Australia must now overcome the French resistance with one of their most inexperienced teams in the professional era as Sharpe joins league of injured or sick players Matt Dunning (infection), Lote Tuqiri (knee), Chris Latham (shoulder) and Wycliff Palu (shoulder) in the casualty ward, while veteran halves George Gregan and Stephen Larkham have retired from international rugby.
The trial of the people accused of killing Sean Taylor was supposed to begin on April 7th, but it’s not going to, because defense attorneys and prosecutors said they weren’t prepared.
A recent report states that ‘The Next Generation’ of New Zealand is shunning rugby aside. The report suggested that the youngsters are not being able to find role models in the current rugby players as a result their commitment towards the game is solely decreasing. New Zealand, one of the most competitive rugby teams in the world have seen a steady decline in the number of players that graduate from university and also in players that are coming into the national team. The drop has been estimated to around 10 percent.
