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Detysha Harper called up by England to replace injured Laura Keates
By Matt Merritt
England prop Laura Keates has been forced to withdraw from their Rugby World Cup squad due to injury.
Keates, 34, injured her anterior cruciate ligament in training, a cruel blow for a player who was forced to withdraw from the 2017 World Cup squad due to an achilles injury that would see her out of the game for 19 months.
Keates will remain in New Zealand with her family for the duration of the tournament.
The Red Roses have called up Loughborough Lightning’s Detysha Harper as replacement. The 24 year old predominantly plays loosehead, likely meaning Maud Muir will be utilised more on the right hand side of the scrum. Harper has appeared 5 times for England, including appearances in the 2020 and 2021 Six Nations. She is expected to link up with the squad on Monday.
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This France team is as good as they were when they went into the World Cup as favorites. Have gone through a rebuild of confidence and rediscovered that form.
Neither England nor Ireland will trouble this team in the 6N. That’s my prediction.
And I guess about time too. Considering that France has won but one 6N title in 6 seasons despite being the best French team for generations thriving off the platform which is the Top 14.
They must just beware of peaking too soon and going to Australia over confident.
Which is also why I thinks it’s absolutely bonkers that France isn’t sending there best players to New Zealand next year. Yes, it isn’t Australia, but getting some SH travel experience makes more sense than not.
Go to commentsI'm not meaning to criticise the players, it's a professional game, this is their livelihood so all power to them. I am aiming criticism at the selectors. Italy is the perfect opportunity to give players of the future a game such as Lakai, Love etc. There is a finite number of tests until the next world cup to develop the team, we are wasting one today.
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