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Harry Wilson’s Super Rugby season over after undergoing surgery
By AAP
Harry Wilson's Super Rugby Pacific season is over, with the star Queensland No.8 undergoing surgery on his broken right arm.
The 24-year-old, who was surging back into the Wallabies frame after a series of impressive outings, is expected to be sidelined for eight weeks.
The Reds have three regular rounds of competition remaining, followed by three weeks of finals, meaning Wilson is unlikely to be available even if his fifth-placed team make the season finale.
In a statement, the Reds said Wilson had "successfully undergone surgery on the broken right arm he sustained against the Melbourne Rebels last Friday night at Suncorp Stadium". "Wilson had surgery on Saturday and it is estimated the recovery period will be eight weeks," the statement said.
The loss of the in-form No.8 is a blow for the hopes of Les Kiss's side going all the way to the title, with Wilson linking with fellow back-rowers Fraser McReight and Liam Wright to form one of Super Rugby Pacific's greatest weapons.
Queensland have a tricky assignment on Saturday at eighth-placed Fijian Drua, who always lift on home turf.
Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt is expected to name his first Test squad - to face Wales on July 6 (Sydney) and July 13 (Melbourne) - following the Super grand final.
Australia will also take on Georgia, another World Cup foe, back at Allianz Stadium in Sydney on July 20.
Even without any additional games under his belt, Wilson is in the frame for a recall.
The hard-running forward made his Test debut in 2020 but has won only 12 caps, overlooked by recent coaches Eddie Jones and Dave Rennie.
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We beat Wales. Oh wow.
Go to commentsAs has been the way all year, and for all England's play I can remember. I missed a lot of the better years under Eddie though.
Lets have a look at the LQB for the last few games... 41% under 3 sec compared to 56% last week, 47% in the game you felt England best in against NZ, and 56 against Ireland.
That was my impression as well. Dunno if that is a lack of good counterattack ball from the D, forward dominance (Post Contact Meters stats reversed yesterday compared to that fast Ireland game), or some Borthwick scheme, but I think that has been highlighted as Englands best point of difference this year with their attack, more particularly how they target using it in certain areas. So depending on how you look at it, not necessarily the individual players.
You seem to be falling into the same trap as NZs supporters when it comes to Damien McKenzie. That play you highlight Slade in wasn't one of those LQB situations from memory, that was all on the brilliance of Smith. Sure, Slade did his job in that situation, but Smith far exceeded his (though I understand it was a move Sleightholme was calling for). But yeah, it's not always going to be on a platter from your 10 and NZ have been missing that Slade line, in your example, more often than not too. When you go back to Furbank and Feyi-Waboso returns you'll have that threat again. Just need to generate that ball, wait for some of these next Gen forwards to come through etc, the props and injured 6 coming back to the bench. I don't think you can put Earl back to 7, unless he spends the next two years speeding up (which might be good for him because he's getting beat by speed like he's not used to not having his own speed to react anymore).
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