Ryan Crotty hoping to still have a part in the Rugby Championship
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Call him superstitious but for the past two years Ryan Crotty regarded his beard as a good luck charm.
After all he'd made the All Blacks in that time.
"Since I've had it I've had a really good run of not being injured and played some good footy.
"But in his first International start last month that notion was shattered.
"I guess that was a load of bollocks when I broke my cheekbone.
"It's that broken cheekbone along with Ma'a Nonu's broken arm that again has Sonny Bill Williams a very wanted man by the All Blacks with Crotty unable to make Saturday's trip to Argentina.
The All Blacks ha…
After all he'd made the All Blacks in that time.
"Since I've had it I've had a really good run of not being injured and played some good footy.
"But in his first International start last month that notion was shattered.
"I guess that was a load of bollocks when I broke my cheekbone.
"It's that broken cheekbone along with Ma'a Nonu's broken arm that again has Sonny Bill Williams a very wanted man by the All Blacks with Crotty unable to make Saturday's trip to Argentina.
The All Blacks ha…