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All Black Jack Goodhue to undergo knee surgery
By Ben Smith
All Black midfielder Jack Goodhue is set to undergo knee surgery which will rule him out from international duty for awhile.
The centre has not been seen in the black jersey yet this season after playing for the Crusaders in the Super Rugby Pacific final.
He was named in the initial squad but didn’t see the field as Rieko Ioane formed a midfield with Quinn Tupaea at first followed by David Havili.
He returned to action for Northland against Wellington in the NPC over the weekend which confirmed the need to go under the knife for a previous injury that hasn’t healed right.
The loss of Goodhue, who has 18 test caps, sidelines the two most experienced midfielders available to Ian Foster.
Anton Lienert-Brown also remains unavailable after suffering a serious shoulder injury earlier in Super Rugby season.
The pair were the preferred selections under Foster in 2020 in his first year in charge of the side and started the 2019 semi-final against England.
The blow is another setback for the Crusader midfielder who missed the entire 2021 international season through injury.
The All Blacks will continue their Rugby Championship campaign with Ioane, Tupaea, Havili and Blues recruit Roger Tuivasa-Sheck who has appeared just once so far.
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Agreed. As a Saffa I have much respect for the ABs. I also have to say given any option I would ONLY prefer to lose to ABs. To lose to England is probably the most embarrassing think to happen to either of us.
There was a time when both of us lost to England and we both hated it. Thankfully those days are behind us. Kudos to you guys, kudos to ABs. But dear old BS seems to hate us Boks. No idea why.
Go to commentsI got the sense that holding him to it was kickback from SB and the rfu smarting at being jilted quite so soon, so unexpectedly and so publicly.
Seem to remember that they spoke to Gustard before appointing Joe and you really have to think he would have come in at a higher level?
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