{"id":7953,"date":"2012-02-14T14:05:15","date_gmt":"2012-02-14T12:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/02\/rugby-mccaw-unavailable-for-super-rugby-until-april\/"},"modified":"2012-02-14T14:05:15","modified_gmt":"2012-02-14T12:05:15","slug":"rugby-mccaw-unavailable-for-super-rugby-until-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/rugby-mccaw-unavailable-for-super-rugby-until-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby-McCaw unavailable for Super Rugby until April"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Feb 14 (Reuters) – New Zealand’s World Cup winning
\ncaptain Richie McCaw has begun running again following foot
\nsurgery but does not expect to be available for the Canterbury
\nCrusaders’ Super Rugby campaign until at least April.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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McCaw battled through immense pain in his right foot during
\nlast year’s rugby World Cup as a screw inserted to fix a
\nfracture before last year’s Super Rugby competition only served
\nto aggravate him.<\/p>\n

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The 31-year-old openside flanker had surgery after the World
\nCup to remove the screw and told reporters in Auckland on
\nTuesday that he doubted he would play again before April.<\/p>\n

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“The foot is really good. I’ve just started back running,”
\nthe All Blacks captain told reporters at the New Zealand launch
\nof the Super Rugby competition.<\/p>\n

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“I’ll progress over the next few weeks to hopefully get back
\nout on the field soon, but hopefully it’s all behind me.<\/p>\n

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“By March, I should be pretty close to knowing when I’ll be
\nback, but I’d say some time in April.<\/p>\n

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“But I don’t want to put too tight a time frame on it.”<\/p>\n

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The Crusaders head to South Africa for two matches against
\nthe Lions in Johannesburg on March 31 and Bulls in Pretoria on
\nApril 7, before they host the Stormers on April 14.
\n (Reporting by Greg Stutchbury in Wellington; Editing by Peter
\nRutherford; To comment on this story email
\nsportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)<\/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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