Horwill still not ready

Horwill still not ready

18 Feb 2013

RICHARD FERGUSON updates Keo.co.za followers on the latest Super Rugby news from Australia.

Horwill return delayed

The Reds will be without influential captain James Horwill for another week, as the Wallaby lock’s return to action has been delayed by another week following an ankle injury.

Horwill has not played any rugby since tearing his hamstring during the 2012 Super Rugby season, and even though he was touted to return during preseason, he rolled his ankle and ruled himself out of the opening game of the season against the Brumbies. He will now miss the match against the Waratahs as well, but should be fit to face the Hurricanes in round 3.

Faingaa to face Tahs as captain

In good news for the Reds, centre Anthony Faingaa will return for the clash against the Waratahs, and it is said that he will take over the captaincy from James Slipper. The Reds are still missing Will Genia and will look to shake off the loss against the Brumbies by claiming an important Australian derby win over the Waratahs in Brisbane.


6 Comments

  • 1.grant10: Reply to this comment
    18 Feb 2013, 11:20 am

    aussies played some good rugby past weekend

  • 2.hendrikp: Reply to this comment
    18 Feb 2013, 11:38 am

    Reds gonna have a tough time this year. Brumbies looking good. Rebels an obvious improver. Waratahs, on paper, look even better then in previous years (where they’ve done nothing though).

    Can’t quite see why you’d take the captaincy away from Slipper and give it to a backline player, but then I don’t know the players either. Maybe Fainga’a is a ‘natural’ leader.

  • 3.Sasuke: Reply to this comment
    18 Feb 2013, 12:06 pm

    @hendrikp-2: Yes true agree. Maybe Anthony has the Aura.

    P.s. you killed it in fantasy this past weekend. Looking ominous

  • 4.hendrikp: Reply to this comment
    18 Feb 2013, 12:12 pm

    @Sasuke-3:

    Yeah did pretty well! 5th out of however many thousand play. Funnily enough I think I have a stronger bench then the guys who are above me, so if I have another good weekend I can find myself on top.

  • 5.Rhys7: Reply to this comment
    18 Feb 2013, 12:19 pm

    I would love to see a lions v Aus line up like this

    15 Stuart Hogg / Kurtley Beale
    14 George North / Digby Ioane
    13 Jonathan Davies / Israel Folau
    12 Manu Tuilagi / James O’Connor
    11 Mike Brown / Adam Ashley-Cooper
    10 Owen Farrell / Quade Cooper
    9 Danny Care / Will Genia
    8 Jamie Heaslip / Wycliff Palu
    7 Justin Tipuric / David Pocock
    6 Stephen Ferris / Scott Higginbotham
    5 Joe Launchbury / James Horwill
    4 Richie Gray / Hugh McMeniman
    3 Adam Jones / Ben Alexander
    2 Rory Best / Stephen Moore
    1 Cian Healy / Benn Robinson

    16 Ross Ford / Tatafu Polota-Nau
    17 Gethin Jenkins / Sekope Kepu
    18 Euan Murray / Salesi Ma’afu
    19 Courtney Lawes / Ben McCalman
    20 Sean O’Brien / Matt Hodgson
    21 Mike Phillips / Nick Phipps
    22 Jonny Sexton / Berrick Barnes
    23 Leigh Halfpenny / Drew Mitchell

    Epic.

  • 6.greatest13gerber: Reply to this comment
    18 Feb 2013, 14:40 pm

    @Rhys7-5:

    nice

    am picking the Aussies to take series

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