Squad stalwart injured in fall

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Get well soon old fella, we need you

Squad stalwart injured in fall

By Peter Jenkins
July 05, 2007

FORWARDS guru Alec Evans has been forced home to Brisbane after a training accident which left the long-serving Australia assistant with a suspected fractured rib.

Evans was knocked unconscious when he fell from the back of a mini-grandstand while catching lineout throws from the Australian team hookers at Coogee Oval on Tuesday.

The 68-year-old, whose links with the Wallabies stretch back more than 20 years, left the team camp late yesterday.

"Typical of Alec, he was still holding on to the ball when he was on the ground," coach John Connolly said.

"It was clutched to his chest. But he's very sore and is heading home."

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Get well soon old fella, we need you



"Typical of Alec, he was still holding on to the ball when he was on the ground," coach John Connolly said.

"It was clutched to his chest. But he's very sore and is heading home."

Now that is dedication to the game at 68 years old.