{"id":11346,"date":"2012-06-11T23:08:53","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T21:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/06\/update-2-rugby-england-fullback-brown-ruled-out-of-test-series\/"},"modified":"2012-06-11T23:08:53","modified_gmt":"2012-06-11T21:08:53","slug":"update-2-rugby-england-fullback-brown-ruled-out-of-test-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-2-rugby-england-fullback-brown-ruled-out-of-test-series\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 2-Rugby-England fullback Brown ruled out of test series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Adds quote and details)<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">JOHANNESBURG, June 11<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; England fullback Mike<br \/>\nBrown has been ruled out of the three-test series against South<br \/>\nAfrica with a fractured thumb and will be replaced by Bath&#8217;s<br \/>\nNick Abendanon, the team management said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Abendanon, 25, has already joined the squad ahead of the<br \/>\nsecond test against the Springboks on Saturday in Johannesburg,<br \/>\nwhere he attended the weekend wedding of Bath team mate Pieter<br \/>\nDixon.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>South Africa lost their fullback Zane Kirchner on Monday for<br \/>\nthe second test. Kirchner injured his knee in the first test in<br \/>\nDurban last weekend and will be replaced by Stormers utility<br \/>\nback Gio Aplon.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Abendanon was born in Johannesburg and made his test debut<br \/>\nin Pretoria against the Springboks in 2007. He won his second<br \/>\nand last test cap against France at Twickenham later that year.<br \/>\nBrown will return home for an operation on his thumb.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>England&#8217;s backline will have to be further shuffled for the<br \/>\nsecond test after centre Brad Barritt, another South<br \/>\nAfrican-born player, underwent a minor operation at the weekend<br \/>\nfor a  lacerated eyeball.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Barritt won&#8217;t figure in this week&#8217;s games, but will join us<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>in Johannesburg later this week,&#8221; England media manager Dave<br \/>\nBarton told Reuters.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>South Africa, who staged a second-half rally to beat England<br \/>\n22-17 in the first test last Saturday, said Kirchner&#8217;s knee<br \/>\nwould be checked again next week ahead of the final test in Port<br \/>\nElizabeth on June 23.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s always tough losing a fullback because it means you<br \/>\nneed a specialist reserve,&#8221; Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer said. \t<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Ken Borland; Editing by John Mehaffey and Clare<br \/>\nFallon)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright\">\n<p>         \t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Adds quote and details) JOHANNESBURG, June 11 (Reuters) &#8211; England fullback Mike Brown has been ruled out of the three-test series against South Africa with a fractured thumb and will be replaced by Bath&#8217;s Nick Abendanon, the team management said on Monday. 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