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The Melbourne Rebels have been hit by major halfback dramas with former Wallabies No.9 Luke Burgess suffering a knee fracture.
Injured in Saturday night’s thrilling 30-27 win over Queensland, Burgess has suffered a tibial plateau fracture but holds hopes he can return before the end of the Super Rugby season.
The 30-year-old, listed for a six-to-eight week rehabilitation period, will be in a race to recover in time to make the Rebels’ tour of South Africa over the last two rounds.
“We thought we might have seen the end of Luke’s rugby season, so a six-eight week layoff, while not ideal, is certainly far better than what we originally feared,” said head trainer Bryce Cavanagh.
It’s still a severe blow for Melbourne as Burgess enjoyed his best game since round three with a two-try display against the Reds at Suncorp Stadium.
The Rebels are already without rising youngster Nic Stirzaker who had displaced the 30-year-old before injuring his ankle a fortnight ago against the table-topping Sharks.
Former Australian under-20 halfback Ben Meehan is now in line to take the No.9 jersey in his starting debut against the Waratahs in Melbourne on Friday night.
But the powerful Josh Holmes – who played 45 Super games over six seasons for the Brumbies, NSW and Western Force – is also in the reckoning after signing on from Sydney club Warringah this month.
“Josh has been in terrific form in the Shute Shield, he is hungry for an opportunity and we have confidence in his ability to step up at short notice,” said Rebels’ operations manager Baden Stephenson.
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Queensland have pushed the Hurricanes and the Blues giving the Reds coach confidence they can match it with the top teams.
Queensland led by seven late in the game, but conceded two late tries to the Kiwi side who claimed a late victory.
The Queensland winger was making his starting debut and he made his tries look like he was a veteran in that position.
Queensland led by seven points with six minutes remaining but the Kiwi side scored two tries - one after the 80 minutes to snatch…
But the winger's three tries weren't enough as the Blues stole a late win 41-37.