{"id":11585,"date":"2012-06-18T11:32:36","date_gmt":"2012-06-18T09:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/06\/rugby-wallaby-horwill-set-to-sit-out-season-after-surgery\/"},"modified":"2012-06-18T11:32:36","modified_gmt":"2012-06-18T09:32:36","slug":"rugby-wallaby-horwill-set-to-sit-out-season-after-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/rugby-wallaby-horwill-set-to-sit-out-season-after-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby-Wallaby Horwill set to sit out season after surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">SYDNEY, June 18<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; Australia captain James Horwill is<br \/>\nlikely to miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery<br \/>\non the hamstring injury that forced him to miss the ongoing<br \/>\nseries against Wales, the Australian Rugby Union said on Monday.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The lock sustained the injury in what he described as a<br \/>\n&#8220;freak&#8221; incident in his final Super Rugby match before the test<br \/>\nwindow and specialists on Monday indicated the need for an<br \/>\noperation, which will take place on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While there is still some hope that Horwill may recover in<br \/>\ntime to feature on the &#8230; spring tour in November, it is more<br \/>\nlikely that he will not be ready to return until next year,&#8221;<br \/>\nsaid an ARU news release.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Horwill took over from Rocky Elsom as Wallabies captain in a<br \/>\nshock move before Australia&#8217;s departure for last year&#8217;s World<br \/>\nCup having led the Queensland Reds to their first Super Rugby<br \/>\ntitle.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>His absence for the rest of the season means he will miss<br \/>\nthe inaugural Rugby Championship, which replaces the Tri-Nations<br \/>\nfrom this year with the addition of Argentina.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It will also be a big blow to the Reds, who will resume<br \/>\ntheir chase of the ACT Brumbies for the Australian conference<br \/>\ntitle on June 29.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Horwill&#8217;s replacement as captain David Pocock has led<br \/>\nAustralia to victory in the first two of three tests against Six<br \/>\nNations champions Wales after being upset by Scotland at the<br \/>\nstart of the international window.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old Horwill missed most of the 2010 season<br \/>\nbecause of foot and knee injuries before returning in<br \/>\nbarnstorming form last year.  <\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Nick Mulvenney, editing by Peter Rutherford)<\/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>SYDNEY, June 18 (Reuters) &#8211; Australia captain James Horwill is likely to miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery on the hamstring injury that forced him to miss the ongoing series against Wales, the Australian Rugby Union said on Monday. 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