S14 Injury List Week 3

One of the reasons I hate Super 14 starting so early are the hard grounds. So I'm more than a little pissed off Soseni Anesi is out for the season after fracturing his neck, most likely as a result of his head hitting the concrete whilst been tackled. Last year, Steve Devine was lucky he didn't suffer a similar fate and "just" got knocked senseless instead from the same thing - head hitting ground whilst been tackled.

While the rugby lawmakers are crouching, touching and pausing to look after the front row, they need to seriously look at the fact that rugby is not designed to be played on rock-hard grounds in the middle of summer. Hopefully Anesi's injury will be the only one, but somehow I doubt it and I'm crossing fingers no-one gets REALLY hurt.


BLUES – 12 Tuitupou (in the reserves), 13 Toeava
CHIEFS - 4 Gibbes (calf, Week 7?), 5 Robinson (calf, Week 4), 8 Lauaki (broken wrist, Week 4), 13 Kahui (shoulder, Week 5), 15 Anesi (neck - season), 21 Lavea (knee ligaments, Week 8?)
HURRICANES – 7 Latu (possible), 13 Smith (Week 5), 17 Fairbrother (shoulder - season)
CRUSADERS - none
HIGHLANDERS - 10 Evans (knee, Week 4), 14 Waqaseduadua (knee, Week 6+), 15 Horton (rib injury, Week 4)
WARATAHS - 1 Dunning (knee, Week 7?), 4 Kanaar (knee - season), 5 Vickerman (off season surgery, Week 8+), 8 Lyons (knee, Week 4?)
BRUMBIES - 6 Heenan (off season surgery, back Week 3?), 13 Mortlock, 16 Palavi (neck - retired)
REDS - 5 McMeniman (ankle - Week 8), 9 Cordingley (foot surgery, Week 4?), 12 Andrew Brown (punctured lung, Week 4+), 14 Caleb Brown (hamstring, Week 4), 15 Latham (knee - season)
FORCE – 8 Fava (discipline 1 week), 10 Hilgendorf (groin, Week 4?)
BULLS - 1 Gurthro Steenkamp, 4 Botha (knee/calf, return unknown), 10 Hougaard (leg - Week 4), 11 Habana (hip - Week 4), 15 van der Westhuyzen (in the reserves), 16 Ralepelle (head - Week 4), 17a Gerber (arm fracture, 3-5 weeks), 17b Bands (calf, Week 8?), 18 Dlulane (neck - season), 19 Spies (knee, one month?), 22 Welsh (hamstring).
CHEETAHS - 1 Du Randt (off season surgery, not fit), 4 Duncan (ankle, return unknown), 5 Pieterse (broken foot - season?), 12 Goodes (off season surgery, not fit), 15 Fortuin (off season surgery, not fit)
LIONS - 3 McKenzie (return unknown), 8 Cronje (in the reserves), 10 Andre Pretorius (hamstring, return unknown), 14 Willemse (return unknown)
SHARKS - 3 BJ Botha (possible return), 4 Ackerman (calf, possible return), 9 Pienaar (possible return), 14 Odwa Ndungane (possible return), 20 Mathie (?),
STORMERS – 4 Boome (stomach virus), 8 Van Niekerk (knee - Week 7+), 18 Skeate (foot, Week 3), reserve outside backs Booi and Chavhanga injured.