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Hurricanes' Milner-Skudder out for at least six weeks
By Dejan Kalinic
Hurricanes full-back Nehe Milner-Skudder has been ruled out for at least six weeks due to a fractured foot.
Milner-Skudder, 26, suffered the injury during Hurricanes' 26-18 Super Rugby loss to Chiefs in Hamilton on Friday.
While he has avoided surgery, scans revealed a small fracture – ruling him out in a huge blow to Hurricanes.
"It's disappointing, but these things happen in rugby," Milner-Skudder said.
"All I can do is focus on the rehab and making sure I do everything right to get back on the field.
"The encouraging thing is the medical staff don't believe there will be any long-term issues. It was just a freak accident."
Hurricanes coach Chris Boyd said it was hard to tell just how long eight-time All Black Milner-Skudder would be sidelined.
He said: "That all depends on how quickly he heals, so it's just speculation at this point, but the sooner the better."
Milner-Skudder also missed most of last season after needing shoulder surgery in March.
Hurricanes have won two of their opening three games of the season to sit fourth in the Australasian Group.
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There is nothing particularly significant about Ireland in this regard compared to other Tier 1 nations. To look at 'strategy' for illegal play its best to see what teams push boundaries with new laws. SA have milked two tries at ruck block downs. The strategy is to charge the first few before the ball is out at about 4 seconds but pull out and put up hands in reigned apology. The referees usually allow the scum half to clear without awarding a penalty in this scenario. The problem with that being that the scrumhalf is now taking over 5 seconds through no fault of his own. Having achieved a few slow balls > 5s , the SA forward can now pick a scrum to charge dead on 5s. Now if the scrum half waits, he will concede a penalty, as we saw against Scotland. With the new rule in place, any early charge should result in an immediate penalty.
SA also got an offside block against England which was pivotal again after a couple of 'apologetic' offside aborted charges forcing England to clear slowly.
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