Super Rugby season over for All Blacks Luatua, Tuipulotu


  • Rugby
  • Tuesday, 19 May 2015

New Zealand All Blacks' Steven Luatua (R) fights for the ball with Australian Wallabies' Israel Folau during their Bledisloe Cup rugby test match at Stadium Australia in Sydney August 17, 2013. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand forwards Steven Luatua and Patrick Tuipulotu have been ruled out for the rest of the Super Rugby season because of injury, the Auckland Blues said on Tuesday.

Powerful loose forward Luatua, who has played 14 tests for the All Blacks over the last two seasons, dislocated his shoulder against the Bulls last Friday, while seven-cap lock Tuipulotu has aggravated a long-standing hip injury.

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