The Wallabies have copped a major blow with halfback Nic White ruled out for the upcoming three-Test series with France due to a knee injury.<\/p>\n
White suffered a medial cruciate ligament during a training session at the Wallabies' camp in Sanctuary Cove on the Gold Coast.<\/p>\n
While the 31-year-old will miss all three Tests, he remains a chance to return when the Bledisloe Cup begins on August 7 in Auckland.<\/p>\n
According to a Sydney Morning Herald report<\/a>, Tate McDermott is favoured to make his first Wallabies start and is tipped to beat out the likes of Ryan Lonergan and Jake Gordon for the halfback duties.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/wallabies\/status\/1407586891898101760<\/a><\/p>\n The 22-year-old McDermott, who has just two Test appearances to his name, came off the bench against the All Blacks in both Sydney and Brisbane during last year's Bledisloe Cup.<\/p>\n The Wallabies are scheduled for a three-Test series against France across an 11-day period starting in Sydney on July 7 at the SCG.<\/p>\n The SMH report also claims that Rugby Australia boss Andy Marinos has no intentions of moving next month's fixture away from the SCG, despite new restrictions being re-introduced in Sydney after a spike of 16 new coronavirus cases<\/a> in New South Wales.<\/p>\n Ten new cases of coronavirus<\/a> were reported in the 24 hours to 8pm last night, seven of which were announced yesterday.<\/p>\n A further 13 new cases have been diagnosed since the 24-hour cut off, which will be included in tomorrow's official numbers.<\/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":"