{"id":336193,"date":"2023-10-04T05:57:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T05:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=336193"},"modified":"2023-10-04T07:03:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T07:03:48","slug":"kangaroos-surprise-call-up-as-injured-cleary-withdraws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=336193","title":{"rendered":"Kangaroos' surprise call-up as injured Cleary withdraws"},"content":{"rendered":"

W\ufefforld Cup winning halfback Nathan Cleary<\/a> has been ruled out of the Pacific Championship after succumbing to a knee injury.<\/p>\n

Cleary will be replaced by Nicho Hynes<\/a> who could debut for the Kangaroos<\/a> throughout the series with Daly Cherry-Evans likely to start.<\/p>\n

The halfback was believed to have suffered the injury during the grand final after a tackle from Payne Haas.<\/p>\n

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The diagnosis for Cleary's knee is reportedly an injured medial collateral ligament\ufeff (MCL) with Haas fined $1000 post-game by the match review committee.<\/p>\n

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Hynes featured off the bench for the Prime Minister's XIII game against Papua New Guinea's PM's XIII.<\/p>\n

It's a positive end to the season for the Sharks halfback after his side dropped out of finals in the first week following an agonising loss to the Roosters.<\/p>\n

Hynes was also dropped for the NSW Blues after game one but coach Mal Meninga has given him a vote of confidence to feature for the Kangaroos.<\/p>\n

Australia's first match will be against Samoa on October 14. \ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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