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"Obviously a reasonably serious hamstring injury," Rennie said.<\/p>\n
"That's going to see him miss the French series and we'll know a little bit more detail beyond that but he certainly won't be available for France."<\/p>\n
Rennie said he hoped the Fiji-born Vunivalu, who played five seasons and 111 matches with the Storm before switching to rugby, will have an opportunity to make his Test debut later in the international season.<\/p>\n
READ MORE:<\/strong> Wallabies great makes passionate selection plea<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE: <\/strong>New Wallabies coach outlines recipe for success<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Round five Super Rugby trans-Tasman team news<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n "We're really happy with his progress. The Reds have done a really good job with him.<\/p>\n "Disappointing for him but his job really is to rehab quickly and try and get back.<\/p>\n "We've got a lot of Tests and so there's a lot of opportunity for him to still play for us."<\/p>\n Injured flyhalf James O'Connor is expected to be included when Rennie names a 38 man squad for the France series on Sunday.<\/p>\n The Queensland captain was a late scratch for the game against the Blues because of a neck injury and he hasn't travelled to New Zealand for the Reds' last Super Rugby match against the Hurricanes in Wellington.<\/p>\n "He's been getting stingers for about the last four or five weeks," Rennie said.<\/p>\n "It just came to a bit of a head the previous game and so he missed last weekend, he's going to miss this weekend but we anticipate him being right.<\/p>\n "He's been outstanding, we're really happy with guys like Noah Lolesio as well.<\/p>\n "It's certainly a position where we're getting better depth in but James has been excellent."<\/p>\n Another Reds star, Jordan Petaia, is unlikely to feature against France as he continues to recover from a serious quad injury.<\/p>\n Rebels captain Dane Haylett-Petty (concussion) remains sidelined while Waratahs skipper Jake Gordon (knee) is also in doubt.<\/p>\n Brumbies prop James Slipper and Rebels utility Reece Hodge are expected to be available for a series that includes three Tests in 11 days \u2014 July 7 in Sydney, July 13 in Melbourne and July 17 in Brisbane.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimHoran12\/status\/1402792951005147138?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong> clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"Vunivalu's](\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2021\/03\/348142\/pickerImage.jpg\")
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