FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Italy v New Zealand - Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy - November 24, 2018 New Zealand's Beauden Barrett celebrates after the match REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi/File Photo
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - New Zealand's first-choice flyhalf Beauden Barrett missed Saturday’s Super Rugby clash between his Wellington Hurricanes side and the Lions due to a stomach bug, Hurricanes coach John Plumtree said.
With the All Blacks' Damian McKenzie having already been ruled out of this year's World Cup because of injury, the hearts of New Zealand fans would have sunk when Barrett was mysteriously missing at kick off at Ellis Park.
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