Injured All Blacks Winger Sevu Reece out of Rugby World Cup
3 minute readPublished: Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 9:30 am
Wellington, Mar 29 (AP) All Blacks winger Sevu Reece has been ruled out of this year's Rugby World Cup in France with a knee ligament injury which requires surgery. The veteran of 23 tests was injured in a Super Rugby Pacific match between the Christchurch-based Crusaders and the Auckland-based Blues on March 18, although seriousness of the injury wasn't confirmed until Wednesday. Also Read | SA VS WI 3rd T20I 2023: Reeza Hendricks' Fighting Knock Goes in Vain As West Indies Beat South Africa by 7 Runs, Claim Series 2-1. “He'll be back in 2024,” Crusaders coach Scott Robertson said. “We really feel for him. “He's been incredible for us and it's a big loss. A lot of hard work will get him back to where he was beforehand, being a world class wing.” Also Read | IPL 2023: Chris Gayle, AB De Villiers, Suresh Raina, Anil Kumble, Eoin Morgan, Zaheer Khan Part of Expert Panel. While the All Blacks will feel the loss of Fiji-born Reece, wing is one area in which the New Zealand team enjoys a lot of depth. AP (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)