{"id":13986,"date":"2012-08-28T15:21:28","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T13:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/08\/rugby-wallabies-winger-mitchell-set-for-long-injury-layoff\/"},"modified":"2012-08-28T15:21:28","modified_gmt":"2012-08-28T13:21:28","slug":"rugby-wallabies-winger-mitchell-set-for-long-injury-layoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/rugby-wallabies-winger-mitchell-set-for-long-injury-layoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby-Wallabies winger Mitchell set for long injury layoff"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Aug 28 (Reuters) – Injury-prone Wallabies winger Drew
\nMitchell faces a possible year out of rugby after rupturing an
\nankle tendon in Australia’s 22-0 Bledisloe Cup mauling by New
\nZealand at the weekend.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Mitchell was making his first test start in 11 months in
\nAuckland but is now sweating on his future after re-injuring the
\nsame tendon which sidelined him for much of 2011.<\/p>\n

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“I’m not too sure if I’ll be lacing them up in the next 12
\nmonths or so,” the Waratahs player told Australian media.<\/p>\n

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“The healing that needs to be done is pretty significant.”<\/p>\n

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Mitchell recovered in time to make last year’s World Cup,
\nonly for his participation in the tournament was cut short by a
\nhamstring problem.<\/p>\n

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The 28-year-old played denied that he had come back to
\nWallabies side too quickly after playing just eight matches in
\nthe run-up to Saturday’s Rugby Championship clash.<\/p>\n

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“When you damage a tendon like that or a muscle, the
\nintegrity of it is never back to where it was prior to the
\ninitial injury,” Mitchell added.<\/p>\n

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“That’s probably been the case now. People may argue or
\nquestion whether I came back too early, but all the strength was
\nthere.<\/p>\n

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“All the tests and scans, everything indicated it was fine
\nand I was back to feeling fine out there.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“Unfortunately the knock I got was enough to damage it
\nfurther than it was before and rupture it entirely the way
\nthrough.”<\/p>\n

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The Wallabies, struggling with injuries to several key
\nplayers, take on tournament new boys Argentina in their next
\ngame in Perth on Sept. 8.<\/p>\n

(Reporting by Alastair Himmer in Tokyo; Editing by John
\nO’Brien)<\/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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