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Cubelli needs knee surgery in blow to Brumbies
By Dejan Kalinic
Brumbies have been dealt a huge blow ahead of the Super Rugby season, with scrum-half Tomas Cubelli needing surgery after rupturing a tendon in his knee.
The Argentina international suffered the injury during a trial match against Waratahs in New South Wales on Saturday.
Cubelli ruptured his patellar tendon in the first half of Brumbies' 53-17 loss, the severity of the injury confirmed in Sydney on Monday.
Brumbies said the 27-year-old would undergo surgery on Tuesday and "will miss the start of the Super Rugby season as he begins his recovery".
Crusaders are the opponents for Brumbies in their season opener on February 25.
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The New Zealand performance in the return fixture in 2016 was filthy. A lot of Irish supporters were pretty shocked by it, viewed it as de facto cheating just to avoid another defeat.
Also shocked by the abuse to Ireland, captain, vice-captain and spectators after the full time whistle in Paris defeat, last match.
Sledging is sledging, but that happens during the game and targetting spectators should be completely out of bounds.
The Irish public used to enjoy these matches, even in defeat. Now they are necessary but unpleasant, because NZ apparently cannot accept or respect successful challengers.
Go to commentsThanks for the analysis Nick, thought provoking as usual. Couple of queries though, in the pic where you've circled Williams bind , I'm pretty sure it shows Stuart's knee on the ground, surely that's a NZ penalty? Also having had the chance to watch it again the All Black scrum seeems to improve after halftime, but before either England or the All Blacks replace their props. Not sure if that was the result of Tuipolutu coming on or some halftime tips. Either way this is only Williams second international season, so he'll be better for the experience.
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