The
Wallabies rallied from behind to beat South Africa 26-19 in Perth on Saturday,
drawing a line under their humiliating 22-0 drubbing by the All Blacks in the
second game of the four-nations Championship.
But
victory came at a steep cost, with Genia hobbling from the ground late in the
game with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee -- the third
Australian skipper to be felled by injury this year.
Rugby
officials said the injured halfback underwent surgery in Brisbane on Wednesday
and a "full reconstruction was required of the ACL".
"Today's
procedure went well but Genia will now be sidelined for an estimated six months
of rehabilitation before he can return to the field of play," a team
spokesman said.
Genia
assumed the captaincy after skipper David Pocock was sidelined for three months
by a knee injury suffered in Australia's opening Rugby Championship game
against New Zealand in August.
Pocock
was himself standing in for first-choice leader James Horwill, who is
recovering from a Super Rugby hamstring injury, sparking claims that the
Wallabies captaincy is cursed.
Veteran
lock Nathan Sharpe leads Australia onto the park for Saturday's Test against
Argentina
Source: MSN.Com
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