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Ardie Savea out for six months
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All Blacks loose forward Ardie Savea has revealed he will miss the majority of the 2020 Super Rugby season.
Savea will undergo surgery on a knee injury he sustained during the All Blacks’ World Cup semifinal defeat to England.
The 26-year-old, who was one of the stars at the World Cup, revealed the devastating news via an Instagram post.
The post read that he will be sidelined for five to six months and miss ‘the majority of the Super Rugby season’.
“Thought I’d let you guys know that I’ll be getting surgery on my knee that I injured in the semifinal,”
“Unfortunately will be out for 5-6 months so will miss the majority of the Super Rugby season with my Canes brothers.
Savea’s absence is certainly bad news for Hurricanes, who already lost their mercurial playmaker Beauden Barrett to the Blues.
Nonetheless is will hand opportunities to up-and-coming flank Du’Plessis Kirifi and other loose forwards like Gareth Evans, Vaea Fifita, Reed Prinsep and Murphy Taramai to prove themselves.
The Hurricanes kick off their Super Rugby campaign with a tricky challenge against the Stormers at Newlands on February 1.
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I guess the other option would be to start ALB, he's looked good in the 12 so far when he starts and sets up those outside him. But that would mean putting the vice captain on the bench, which is unlikely. Another option would be to drop Reiko to the bench and play Proctor, though he's gone home so that's not going to happen either.
Both of those players just offer more of the soft distribution skills good centres learn from playing their careers there. Unfortunately that's what's lacking with the current combo.
Go to commentsWhatever let's see if this load of waffle is still valid in 2 years time. ABs will rise we have a lot of new talent coming through. The NPC was the highest standard for years. The game is changing to suit the fast pace we like to play. We get to play the Springboks more, including the franchises, which will make us better! Overall I am optimistic. I will add having watched the England game multiple times we made most of the play. England are an awesome physical team, but you can expect the All Blacks to get better and better at executing the chances. It could easily have been 5 tries to one instead of 3 to 1.
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