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The Highlanders will almost certainly be without the ABs contender against the Blues, but the severity of his latest ankle injury is still unknown.

Folau Fakatava picked up a knee injury against the Crusaders and scans confirmed the Highlanders' worst fears. The Highlanders have been dealt a huge injury blow after scans revealed that star halfback Folau Fakatava has sustained a full tear of the ACL in his right knee, ruling him out of rugby for 9-12 months. “This is very tough on Folau,” Highlanders head coach Tony Brown said in a statement. Highlanders Highlanders assistant coach Clarke Dermody says six disciplined players must earn back the trust of their team-mates. “He’s been playing outstanding rugby for us this season an...

1. CRUSADERS (3-0) PREVIOUS RANKING: 1 Replacing either Leicester Fainga’anuku or Sevu Reece on the wing will take some call, given the outstanding start the aforementioned duo have made to the season. Brett Phibbs/Photosport The Blues were far too good for the Highlanders in Auckland on Sunday. And what about All Blacks centre Braydon Ennor, who is set to return from a knee injury for either the Australian component of Super Rugby, or the third round of SRA? To think the reigning champions have mustered 14 out of a possible 15 competition points without them, and hooker Andrew Makalio ...

Sky Super Rugby Aotearoa 2021: Blues coach Leon MacDonald speaks out on 'frustrating' refereeing as brutal review looms 14 Mar, 2021 04:30 PM 4 minutes to read Blues head coach Leon MacDonald. Photo / Photosport Liam Napier is a sports writer for NZMELiam.Napier@nzherald.co.nz Television match official Paul Williams is set for a brutal review this week after three poor decisions cast a controversial shadow over this weekend's two Super Rugby Aotearoa derbies. Rieko Ioane's denied try – for an apparent forward pass – was Williams' latest mistake in the Blues' 39-17 bonus point victory over...

SSC Open Ranking Tennis Number two ranked Methvan Wijemanne overcame a set defeat to beat Tharuk Marasinghe in a all-Royal final to win the Under-14 boys singles title of the SSC Open Ranking Tennis tournament in Colombo on Sunday. Wijemanne scored 2-6, 6-2, 10-4 in the final to beat the third seed. While Wieemanne beat number five seed Sandas Usgodaraachchi in the semis, Marasinghe eliminated top ranked player Lisal Goonetilleke in a Royal-Thomian clash. In the men’s doubles final Yasitha de Silva and Sankha Atukorale beat Thangaraja Dineshkanthan and Gayanga Weerasekara 6-3, 6-4. Meanwhil...