Stirling Mortlock

...played less than an hour of Super rugby. Nominally, Morahan has been selected as cover for Stirling Mortlock who reinjured his calf muscle last week just as he was preparing to join the tour. But with fullback Adam Ashley-Cooper...

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O'Neill has also publicly fallen out with the Rugby Union Players' Association and several high-profile players in recent times, including Stirling Mortlock, Phil Waugh and Matt Giteau since Lote Tuqiri's mystery sacking three months ago.

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...off. Symptoms of concussion can take 60 minutes to show themselves. Last season Wales centre Jamie Roberts and Australia's Stirling Mortlock had a sickening clash of heads. Mortlock came off immediately but Roberts played on for 16 minutes...

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...sets sights on Ireland Former Australia captain Stirling Mortlock has been ruled out of the first two internationals of his team's spring tour but is targeting next month's clash with Ireland for a return. The 32-year-old will remain...

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...Italy in Melbourne in June. He also played the bulk of last year's Test against Wales in Cardiff at No.12, after Stirling Mortlock was forced off in the opening minutes following a dreadful head clash. It is clear Deans is looking for...

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...throw at Australia. "It's going to be a good workout and, to be fair, we probably were anticipating in the back of our minds that Stirling would be fit and ready to go straight into that Test match," Deans said. "But Quade's stepped up...

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...the team's leadership after the Tri-Nations. Deans replaced Stirling Mortlock with Rocky Elsom as Australia captain, while the vice-captaincy was given to inside centre Berrick Barnes. Giteau had five years' seniority as a Wallaby over...

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...over the next two and a half weeks... and hopefully meeting up with the team, raring to go." The injury is another blow to Mortlock, who has just recovered from a knee injury which saw him miss the majority of the 2009 Tri-Nations series.

In this article: Tri-Nations, All Blacks, Robbie Deans, Japan, Ireland, Europe, Tokyo, England, and Australia