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Wallabies wing Naivalu facing up to seven weeks out
By Christopher Devine
Australia coach Michael Cheika is hopeful Sefa Naivalu will be fit for August's Bledisloe Cup opener against New Zealand, but the Melbourne Rebels wing is set to miss the remainder of the Super Rugby season through injury.
Naivalu suffered a sprained ankle during the Wallabies' 40-27 victory over Italy on Saturday.
Addressing reporters the following day, Cheika said: "He's got a mid-grade syndesmosis injury.
"So you would think with no intervention [operation] required, he's got about a six, seven-week return to play, which should have him back in time for [the] first Bledisloe [Cup] match.
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— RUGBYcomau (@rugbycomau) June 25, 2017
Australia face the All Blacks in Sydney on August 19, with a return fixture in Dunedin the following week and a third encounter scheduled for October 21 in Brisbane.
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Haha and it's OK that you want to dodge and not admit I'm right.
You are kinda right though, the first Irish try that just let England shoot up and went straight in behind rather than being forced back in to find a hole by the blitz.
Go to commentsWell he said he's rarely used there, hence the joke about how many games we have to watch before we actually see him getting used there :p
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