SYDNEY : Wallabies prop Allan Alaalatoa could miss Australia's Rugby Championship opener in South Africa in early July with a calf problem, while teenager Max Jorgensen's World Cup dreams have been all but shattered by a knee injury. Tighthead Alaalatoa, who captained Australia last year, will be the more
SYDNEY : Wallabies prop Allan Alaalatoa could miss Australia's Rugby Championship opener in South Africa in early July with a calf problem, while teenager Max Jorgensen's World Cup dreams have been all but shattered by a knee injury.
The 29-year-old will have scans on the injury on Tuesday but has been ruled out of Friday's match against the Melbourne Rebels and looks to have played his last Super Rugby Pacific match of the season. Teenager Jorgensen's breakout season at the New South Wales Waratahs, meanwhile, came to an end when the fleet-footed fullback twisted his knee at a ruck against the Canterbury Crusaders last Saturday.
Jorgensen was included in Jones's first training squad in April but the former England coach is unlikely to take a chance on the 18-year-old for the World Cup without blooding him at test level in the Rugby Championship.
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