Injured Penaud to Miss France Games Against Australia and Japan in Nations Championship
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Injured Penaud to miss France games against Australia and Japan in Nations Championship
France winger Damian Penaud will miss the team’s remaining matches in the Nations Championship this month after sustaining a calf injury in the 34-32 loss to New Zealand.
France winger Penaud to miss remainder of Nations Championship
Winger Penaud was replaced at half-time of Saturday's campaign-opening loss to New Zealand as he made his first Test appearance since November. The 29-year-old will be sidelined for games against Australia in Brisbane on Saturday and Japan in Tokyo on July 18. Penaud scored his 41st Test try after just two minutes in Christchurch having been dropped from Les Bleus' successful Six Nations campaign earlier this year. "He felt a tightness in his ca…
Injured, the three-quarter wings of the Blues left the band after the defeat in New Zealand on Saturday.
Damian Penaud will not play the next two of the XV of France. The Bordeaux winger suffers from a liking to the calf.
A victim of a muscle attack against the All Blacks, Damian Penaud was forced to declare a package for the next two tests. He returned to France at the end of the day and will not be replaced.
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