Rugby - All Black Dagg forced into retirement by 'unfixable' knee


  • Rugby
  • Friday, 05 Apr 2019

FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Championship - New Zealand All Blacks vs Argentina Pumas - New Plymouth, New Zealand - September 9, 2017 - New Zealand's Israel Dagg scores a try. REUTERS/Nigel Marple

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - All Blacks fullback Israel Dagg has retired from all rugby at the age of 30 after struggling with a long-term knee injury, he said on Friday.

World Cup winner Dagg, who played the last of his 66 tests on the wing against Argentina in 2017, decided to call time on his career after receiving medical advice.

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