RWC 2015 - WalesOnline Article About Wales Injuries After Italy Match

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On top of the world...then

bang! Rhys Webb andLeigh Halfpenny injurieshighlight cruelty of sport20:19, 5 Sep 2015

Opinion

by DelmeParftt

WalesOnline's rugby editor reects onhow hugely both men would be missed

and how singularly undesering oftheir fate they are
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2/8

Leigh Halfpenny is taken o the eld injued!

"ist #hys $e%%, then Leigh Halfpenny!&f you 'ould ha(e pi'ked the t)o playes you

denitely didn*t )ant to see get injued at this jun'tue of the $old +up %uildup, it

)ould po%a%ly ha(e %een these t)o!

-oth ae eno.ously i.potant to the $ales 'ause, %oth oe /ualities no%ody else

does, %oth inspie thei tea. .ates %y thei .ee pesen'e, %oth ae singulaly

undese(ing of thei fate, %oth 'annot etun /ui'kly enough, %oth, /uite fankly,

lea(e a gaping hole )hee they on'e stood in the $ales 'lass of 2015!

$e a)ait to see just ho) seious ea'h injuy is! $e a)ait to see ho) $aen atland

)ill plug these t)o glaing gaps! &f anyone 'an s.ooth things o(e in the %est

possi%le )ay it is the i)i!

nd yet he is no .ia'le )oke!

"he latest injury update from Warren #atland
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Leigh Halfpenny sho)s the pain as he is teated fo injuy

Wales $%&( )taly* )njuries to Rhys Webb and Leigh Halfpenny render

winning World +up send&o, insigni-cant

.id all the )et'hedness of this dou%le %lo), it is i.possi%le not to, a%o(e all, feelsy.pathy fo ea'h indi(idual!

nd espe'ially $e%%, )ho, unlike his .oe e3peien'ed and 'ele%ated tea. .ate,

has not e3peien'ed a $old +up!

s he )as usheed onto the landing outside +adi thleti' +lu%*s 4op Lounge on

4uesday night, $e%% )as %ighteyed and ooing opti.is.!

6ounalists huddled aound hi. %efoe food )as se(ed at the annual $elsh #ug%y

$ites* 7inne at the .s 8ak, $e%% in attendan'e to e'ei(e the playe of the

yea a)ad late in the e(ening!

i(en the sot of appoa'ha%le and helpful fello) that he is, $e%% had ageed to %e

inte(ie)ed %efoe the )ine stated to o), not that he )as i.%i%ing hi.self!

Leigh Halfpenny Rugby World +up injury* ull&bac/ gien gas andair as Wales su,er nightmare against )taly
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#hys $e%% sho)s the pain as he pi'ks up a leg injuy

;ou*(e had a geat season #hys, %ut ho) fa 'an you go no)


5/8

#hys $e%% sho)s the pain as he e'ei(es teat.ent fo a leg injuy

4hey ae s'enes that )ill ha(e %een et'hed in the .inds of all )ho )ee thee )hen

$e%% )as 'aied o the eld at the >illenniu. Stadiu. afte sueing )hat

appeaed to %e a hoi%le leg injuy that ends his 'han'e of going to the glo%al

gatheing late this .onth!

4hat*s the 'uelty of spot, of life! 6ust )hen you think you*e on top of the )old, just

)hen e(eything is 'o.ing easily to you, just )hen you think you*e in(in'i%le, just

)hen 'onden'e i.%ues a s)agge in all that you do!!!%ang!

$e%% is %y no .eans the st to %e hit )ith su'h heat%eak on the e(e of )hat

should ha(e %een one of the .ost .e.oa%le staging posts of his 'aee!


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#hys $e%%, %efoe he )as injued

-ut all the sa.e the )et'hedness of his situation )as pla'ed in shap fo'us )hen

you 'onsideed the seaing pogess he has .ade sin'e the tun of the yea,

pogess )hi'h dese(ed the e)ad of a $old +up 'han'e!

$e%% has displa'ed >ike 8hillips as the undisputed st 'hoi'e $elsh s'u.half and

gi(en an o%je't lesson in ho) to tansfe %illiant fo. fo. the egional do.esti'

stage to the intenational one!

He has %een at the ful'u. of all $ales* %est .o.ents in the last si3 .onths and it

speaks (olu.es that he has isen a%o(e not just 8hillips %ut i(als of the /uality of

aeth 7a(ies and Lloyd $illia.s as )ell!

&t is no e3aggeation to put hi. in the %a'ket of the )old*s .ost dangeous

atta'king playes, a fello) )ho )ould po%a%ly get into e(ey national s/uad in the

)old, southen he.isphee %ig guns in'luded!


7/8

$e%% is ta'kled %y onalo a'ia

4hee )ill %e little to 'onsole $e%% in the 'o.ing days, %ut he has 'o.e %a'k fo.

seious injuy ? knee liga.ent da.age ? apidly %efoe, and he )ill 'o.e %a'k fo.

this set%a'k e(ey %it the playe he )as!

$e%% has an e%ullien'e and a 'onden'e that should stand hi. in good stead and

ensue it )on*t %e long %efoe he is looking fo)ads and not %a'k!

He is still only 2@! 4hee is no eason )hy $e%% shouldn*t %e in pole position to %e

$ales* s'u.half 'o.e the 2019 $old +up in 6apan!

nd of 'ouse t)o yeas %efoe that thee is a Lions tou to Ae) Bealand!

&f that )as happening ne3t .onth, and $e%% )as t, he*d %e on the plane no

/uestion!


8/8

$e%% lea(es the eld!

So )hile the 2015 $old +up doo .ight ha(e 'losed, thee ae plenty of othes that

e.ain (ey .u'h open!

s fo Halfpenny, the loss of his ki'king a''ua'y, his defensi(e elia%ility and seaing%a(ey )ould %e i..easua%le!

nd in his 'ase, if it 'o.es to pass, fate has also dealt a dis.al hand to a playe )ho

is as hu.%le and appoa'ha%le as they 'o.e, like $e%%, a 'edit to his up%inging!

4hee )ill %e those )ho point to Lia. $illia.s ? tness pe.itting ? %eing a .oe

de(astating atta'ke than his 4oulon i(al, and to the fa't that 7an -igga is also an

e3'ellent goalki'ke!

Aothing )ong )ith that kind of opti.is., 'oe't as %oth o%se(ations ae!

-ut thee*s no getting a)ay fo. the loss of Halfpenny! Ao getting a)ay fo a.o.ent!

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