'Not great': The latest on injured All Blacks star Will Jordan
SPOTLIGHT: All Blacks assistant coach Tana Umaga has supplied an update on how both Will Jordan and Jordie Barrett are tracking ahead of the Nations Championship against Wales this weekend.
Jordan and Barrette both picked up injuries during last weekend’s 43-21 win over Scotland at the Murrayfield.
Jordan suffered a suspected hamstring injury in the second half, while Barrett was forced off for a head injury assessment after a collision with Scotland replacement Blair Kinghorn. He subsequently failed the HIA.
In the wake of the defeat, head coach Dave Rennie painted a bleak picture of the pair’s availability and Umaga has all but confirmed Jordan’s absence this weekend.
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“Yeah, no, not great, I’d say at this stage, but it’s still early, and you know he has to go through a bit more testing to wait,” the defence coach told Ryan Bridge on Herald Now.
“Obviously, it’s still over 24 hours since the injury. So we’ve got to get the appropriate scans and medical checkups as as much as we can to see where he’s at and on that spectrum, so we can make informed decisions.”
Heading into the Nations Championship in the United Kingdom, the All Blacks had several injury concerns, including both Richie Mo’unga and Ethan Blackadder.
Mo’unga hadn’t featured for the All Blacks since the final Test of Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry tour, after pulling his calf in training ahead of the first Bledisloe Cup Test against Australia.
The Crusaders flyhalf was named to start on Monday in the No.10 jersey, but sustained that calf injury at Tuesday’s training, which ruled him out for over a month.
Blackadder, whose last appearance was also during the final Test against South Africa in Baltimore, picked up a slight calf niggle during the warm-up against Australia at Eden Park.
Both Mo’unga and Blackadder are set to be available this weekend in Cardiff, if selected, as the All Blacks look to extend their unbeaten Nations Championship streak.
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