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New Zealand sweating on injury concerns ahead of first test against Springboks
Aug 16 : New Zealand coach Dave Rennie admitted on Saturday to some concern over the injury status of first-choice fullback Damian McKenzie ahead of the four-test series against world champions South Africa that starts in Johannesburg on August 22.McKenzie has been struggling with an ankle problem that kept him out of the 50-19 victory over the Bulls in Pretoria on Saturday, but there is better news around wing Will Jordan (back) and scrumhalf Cam Roigard (calf), neither of whom have played for a month."Both Will and Cam got through a bit of training, we are pretty confident they're going to be right for next week. Both of them we want to have a full week of training, but they're certainly ticking enough boxes," Rennie told reporters after the Bulls game."We are probably less confident abo
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