Wednesday’s rugby news has Lewis Holland’s Olympics over, Sonny Bill Williams injured, Wallabies inspired by Women’s Sevens team and Sydney rugby club found cheating.
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Holland Out
Aussie Sevens star playmaker Lewis Holland has been ruled out for the remainder of the Olympics with a hamstring injury.
Holland will be replaced by Tom Kingston in the squad.
Australia opened their Olympic campaign with a loss against France 31-14 but then defeated Spain 26-12.
Australia will face unbeaten South Africa in their final group game tomorrow and even if they lose there is still a chance they can reach the quarter finals.
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SBW Injured
Sonny Bill Williams is expected to be ruled out for 6-9 months after rupturing his achilles.
Sione Molia will replace Williams in the New Zealand Sevens squad for the remainder of the tournament.
New Zealand’s Sevens campaign got off to a rocky start with a shock 14-12 loss to Japan.
They then bounced back with a 28-5 win over Kenya.
New Zealand play Great Britain tomorrow in their last pool game.
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Wallabies Inspired
Adam Ashley-Cooper says the Wallabies have been inspired following the Women’s Sevens team winning Gold at the Rio Olympics.
“It was awesome. All the boys set their alarms pretty early to get up. We gathered around the breakfast table this morning to cheer the girls on,” Ashley-Cooper said.
“It was really good to watch them finish off a really good journey and a really good campaign because they’ve been very successful, and a lot of the guys in this group have been following their careers individually and also as a collective over the last 12 to 15 months.
“It’s really, really special.
“Not only special for them but special for the game, and everyone was pretty proud to be Australian this morning.”
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Lindfield Banned
Sydney rugby club Lindfield has been kicked out of the division one suburban rugby union competition after being found guilty of breaching the game’s amateur status by paying a player.
A number of harsh penalties were enforced including:
* Being expelled from all five grades this season, effective immediately;
* The paid player, former West Harbour star Tala Moli, being de-registered from suburban rugby for five years.
* Club recruitment manager, Pat Lang, being banned from any on or off field position in suburban rugby for life.
* Lindfield first grade coach, Adam Coughlan, being banned from on or off field position in suburban rugby for five years.
* The club’s application for 2017 only be allowed under strict conditions including each Lindfield team start next season on minus 10 points, the club be placed on a $10,000 bond for the next five years and that NSW Suburban have input into the club’s board.
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