Injuries to Highlanders Waisake Naholo and Fumiaki Tanaka
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Injuries to Highlanders Waisake Naholo and Fumiaki Tanaka
All Black winger Waisake Naholo has sustained a new fracture to the same leg that he injured before the World Cup last year. An x-ray yesterday confirmed the fracture that was sustained during the Highlanders match against the Blues this weekend.
Team doctor Greg Macleod said “while this is very unfortunate for Waisake, the positive news is that this injury is not as bad as his last fracture. He is already managing well and it’s expected his rehab will take 6 – 8 weeks”
Fumiaki Tanaka's recovery from a torn calf is expected to take 4 weeks. He injured his calf during the last training in Auckland and was replaced on the bench by Josh Renton for the Blues match.
Commenting on the player's injurys, head coach Jamie Joseph said: “to lose players for an extended period is always disappointing but you have to expect injuries to occur at some point, as a group we simply deal with it and move on, the focus for the players now will be to rehab well and work to make themselves available again."
Team doctor Greg Macleod said “while this is very unfortunate for Waisake, the positive news is that this injury is not as bad as his last fracture. He is already managing well and it’s expected his rehab will take 6 – 8 weeks”
Fumiaki Tanaka's recovery from a torn calf is expected to take 4 weeks. He injured his calf during the last training in Auckland and was replaced on the bench by Josh Renton for the Blues match.
Commenting on the player's injurys, head coach Jamie Joseph said: “to lose players for an extended period is always disappointing but you have to expect injuries to occur at some point, as a group we simply deal with it and move on, the focus for the players now will be to rehab well and work to make themselves available again."
