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| Qantas Wallabies winger Drew Mitchell will have surgery after an ultra sound today confirmed a rupture of the tibialis posterior tendon in his right leg.Mitchell sustained the injury during the first half of last Saturday night’s Test against the All Blacks in The Castrol EDGE Rugby Championship in Auckland.The recovery time for the NSW Waratahs winger is uncertain at this point and won’t be determined until after the surgery takes place.
Meanwhile Qantas Wallabies flyhalf Quade Cooper will be available for Australia’s next match in The Castrol EDGE Rugby Championship despite confirmation today that he has been suffering from a small fracture in the lateral (outer) tibia (main leg bone). The injury, which was revealed by scans today in Brisbane, was aggravated during last Saturday night’s Test at Eden Park. It had only caused minor discomfort previously and had not shown up on previous scans. While the injury will be closely monitored, Wallabies medical staff anticipate that it will settle quickly, and it isn’t expected to impact on Cooper’s availability for Australia’s defence of the Nelson Mandela Challenge Plate, which starts when the Qantas Wallabies tackle South Africa in the home leg of that series at Patterson’s Stadium in Perth on Saturday September 8. Cooper will assemble with the other members of the 30-man squad in Perth this Sunday in preparation for that game. |
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