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    All Blacks prop Tyrel Lomax's stop-start season could be over after re-injuring his thumb

    All Blacks prop Tyrel Lomax's stop-start season could be over after re-injuring his thumb


    He's been replaced by Fletcher Newell in the run-on side for tomorrow night's Rugby Championship test against the Wallabies in Perth.

    Coach Scott Robertson says Lomax has broken the same digit from earlier in the year, but in a different place.



    Meanwhile, Wallabies mentor Joe Schmidt's welcoming Will Skelton back into his side.

    He missed the Eden Park match due to French club commitments.



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