May 28 (Reuters) – Australia back Kurtley Beale will need
surgery on his injured shoulder and will not be available for
the June tests against Scotland and Wales, coach Robbie Deans
said on Monday.
The fullback-turned-flyhalf, who injured his shoulder
playing for the Melbourne Rebels in a Super Rugby match in
Wellington on Saturday, was earlier included in the 39-man
Wallabies squad for the June tests.
Scans on Australia captain James Horwill, who was left out
of the squad due to a hamstring injury, have revealed a muscle
tear, Deans told reporters.
Lock Horwill’s absence will force the Wallabies to name a
new captain for the match against Scotland on June 5 in
Newcastle before the first of three tests against Six Nations
champions Wales on successive weekends from June 9.
(Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai; Editing by Alastair
Himmer)
