Pretorius blow for Force

Fly-half set to miss entire Super 14 season

By James Mason   Last updated: 5th February 2010   Subscribe to RSS Feed

Pretorius blow for Force

Pretorius: Injury woe

My body was in the best condition it has been in a long time and after watching the video footage of the training session and seeing when the injury occurred it didn't look like much at all.

Andre Pretorius
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Western Force have suffered a massive blow to their Super 14 season after South African Andre Pretorius was ruled out for the whole campaign.

The World Cup-winner suffered a torn hamstring during training on Wednesday with the 31-year-old expected to be sidelined for around three months.

Pretorius is devastated about the injury, but the fly-half insists he will remain in Perth to support the team.

He said: "I've gone to work with the boys for so long now and it has been my best pre-season in many years.

"I'm really disappointed that I won't be able to have the opportunity to represent the Western Force and play rugby with the new mates that I have made here.

"My body was in the best condition it has been in a long time and after watching the video footage of the training session and seeing when the injury occurred it didn't look like much at all.

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"The physios at the club said it was just a freakish type of injury.

"I guess the only good thing from a personal point of view is that the Force has the best hamstring rehab program that I have ever worked with.

"It's a bitter pill to swallow after putting in all the hard yards and committing myself to a great bunch of guys at the club.

"I still want to remain involved and offer any assistance I can to help make this a successful season for the Force.

Coach John Mitchell is equally disappointed at losing Pretorius, but admits they have to quickly assess their options in the fly-half position.

He added: "It is really unlucky for Andre, I feel gutted for him.

"From a playing perspective we now have to look at what we've got and move forward without him, that's just part of rugby."

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