{"id":10994,"date":"2012-06-01T22:30:55","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T20:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/06\/rugby-england-lock-launchbury-ruled-out-of-south-africa-tour\/"},"modified":"2012-06-01T22:30:55","modified_gmt":"2012-06-01T20:30:55","slug":"rugby-england-lock-launchbury-ruled-out-of-south-africa-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/rugby-england-lock-launchbury-ruled-out-of-south-africa-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby-England lock Launchbury ruled out of South Africa tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

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DURBAN, June 1<\/span> (Reuters) – England lock Joe Launchbury has
\nbeen ruled out of the three-test tour of South Africa because of
\na knee injury, coach Stuart Lancaster said on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n

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He will be replaced in the 42-man squad by uncapped London
\nIrish flanker Jamie Gibson.<\/p>\n

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“Joe picked up a knock in training before we came out here
\nand we had him assessed here and he is not going to be able to
\ncontinue the tour,” Lancaster told a news conference.<\/p>\n

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“We are delighted for Jamie coming in but it is hugely
\ndisappointing for Joe,” he said of the London Wasps player.<\/p>\n

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Centre Manu Tuilagi also missed training with a foot injury
\nbut Lancaster was confident the New Zealand-born centre would
\nrecover.<\/p>\n

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England arrived on Thursday and Lancaster said he was
\npleased by the intensity shown by the players during their first
\ntraining session ahead of the opening test in Durban on June 9.<\/p>\n

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“It was a great session and considering we stepped off a
\nplane yesterday, you’d have thought there would be a bit of
\ntiredness, but they didn’t show it,” said Lancaster.<\/p>\n

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“When you’ve got competition for places that is a critical
\nthing. You know there’s a real energy and buzz. We’ve got some
\ndifficult selections to make as we build into next week because
\nwe’ve got a lot of good players fit and in form.”<\/p>\n

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The opening test will be the first in charge for home coach
\nHeyneke Meyers.<\/p>\n

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“South Africa, with the new coaching team, will have new
\nmomentum and new impetus behind them. We expect a very physical
\nand tough challenge,” said Lancaster.<\/p>\n

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(Writing by Jason Humphries, editing by Tony Jimenez)<\/p>\n

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\t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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