Wales Full-Back Leigh Halfpenny Is Out Of Rugby World Cup Due To ACL Injury
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| Wales Full-Back Leigh Halfpenny Is Out Of Rugby World Cup Due To ACL Injury |
Wales’s halfback Leigh Halfpenny is out of the Rugby World Cup due to an ACL injury. The news of the injury of this irreplaceable player for Wales was conformed yesterday. The news came as shock for the whole Wales team and this loss is going to affect the potential of Warren Gatland team in the Rugby World Cup 2015. It is great loss for their team and for the world cup too as fans around the world won’t be able this leading talent of rugby in action in the world cup.
Leigh Halfpenny offers so much that it will be real tough job to find a replacement that can fit into his place. So Gatland now have to think real hard to solve this issue. Halfpenny was the ideal team for the Wales with his large set skills where he can easily under the high ball, help to control the territory with boot and he has never let down his team in the defense. Aged at only 26 he has already capped 62 matches for wales and scored over 500 points. Out of these points he made twelve tries for his country. With his young age he may have chances to take part in one or two world cup in the future but nothing is going restore the immediate damage for this world cup due to his absence. Halfpenny has proven him necessary numbers of times in the past as he helped Whales to snatch several late wins. He also kept his team in the match by talking on penalties from all type of angels and distance. In 2013 during the test series which was played between Irish lions, Australia and British he scored 13 impressive penalties and 5 conversions. Moreover he did almost all of them when they were under pressure in the match. Not many kickers are available in the team who can be as good as him and he is ahead any of them by a distance in the international carrier.
To fill his empty space Wales have two members in the team. For kicking replacement there is fly-half Dan Biggar who is good but still has little bit less in terms of range. And there is another full back Liam Williams to take on the defense job but he is not sure to his fitness concern as he has made a full comeback from a foot surgery. Another thing he does not prove similar level comfort that Halfpenny provided with his class and skill. So it is sure that there is no perfect replacement for him in the team. Australia and England would be happy with the news although no one wants an injury for such a player. But it will definitely boost their chances in pool A which is going to be a closely contested group. For Wales, they will take the chance to do something better to respect their fallen teammate. It will be real tough job for them to get into the knockout stages without Leigh Halfpenny. There is no denying that it has definitely made them weaker. Now all things will be crystal clear when they will meet England on 26th September for their first match of rugby World Cup 2015.
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