Jason Woodward
After suffering their 1st defeat of the campaign, the Hurricanes have taken a 2nd blow as Jason Woodward’s season was prematurely ended by a broken ankle.
The outside back suffered the injury playing club rugby for Upper Hutt against Oriental Rongotai in Wellington over the weekend.
While the former Rebel has just 3 Super Rugby appearances to his name this year, his loss will be a blow to the depth of the Hurricanes’ formidable backline that has set the competition alight in the 1st half of the season.
“As I said to Jason, you can’t wrap guys in cotton wool,” head coach Chris Boys said.
“It’s a contact sport and injuries happen. I’ve seen the footage and it was nothing out of the ordinary. He just got caught, 1 guy over the top, 1 guy underneath. It was just bad luck.”
After going down to the Waratahs last Saturday, the ‘Canes will look to get back on track this weekend when they travel to Brisbane to play a Sunday afternoon clash against the Reds at Suncorp Stadium.