{"id":16361,"date":"2024-04-20T07:43:13","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T07:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/taulupe-faletau-wales-number-eight-suffers-injury-blow-on-cardiff-comeback\/"},"modified":"2024-04-20T07:43:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T07:43:14","slug":"taulupe-faletau-wales-number-eight-suffers-injury-blow-on-cardiff-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/taulupe-faletau-wales-number-eight-suffers-injury-blow-on-cardiff-comeback\/","title":{"rendered":"Taulupe Faletau: Wales number eight suffers injury blow on Cardiff comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Taulupe Faletau has played 104 internationals for Wales<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wales number eight Taulupe Faletau suffered another injury blow on his Cardiff comeback after a six-month injury lay-off.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Faletau suffered a broken arm in Wales’ World Cup victory against Georgia in October 2023 in Nantes before missing the Six Nations with a calf injury.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

He returned for Cardiff’s defeat by Ulster in the United Rugby Championship but was forced off in the 30th minute.<\/span><\/p>\n

Faletau, 33, was clutching the same arm he damaged in France.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cardiff head coach Matt Sherratt is hoping it is not the same injury.<\/span><\/p>\n

“He is being assessed after having a knock on his shoulder and we don’t know the extent of the injury yet,” said Sherratt.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It is not the same injury from my understanding.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Fingers crossed, it’s not too bad because he’s put a huge amount of effort in over the last six or seven months to come back.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I am gutted for Toby. I’m sure the boys will get around him.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Cardiff’s Wales full-back Cameron Winnett was also forced off early on in the game.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wrong side of calls<\/h3>\n

Cardiff suffered an agonising 19-17 defeat<\/span><\/a> in which they found themselves on the wrong end of decisions by Scottish referee Mike Adamson.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cardiff were unhappy about a knock-on not being picked up in the build-up to Ulster”s try by Dave McCann with Adamson saying there was no good angle from the television match official (TMO). <\/span><\/p>\n

“I have not criticised the referees all season and whatever call they make is just what they have seen in the game,” said Sherratt.<\/span><\/p>\n

“What we have struggled with tonight was there was a clear knock-on in the build-up to their try from the line-out. There is no doubt about it.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I can see the referee is unsighted, but you have a touch judge seven metres away looking straight at it and that is seven points.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cormac Izuchukwu stops Thomas Young from scoring a try<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After Cardiff flanker Thomas Young was denied a try when the ball was kicked out of his hands by Ulster replacement Cormac Izuchukwu which could have resulted in a penalty try, the visitors thought they had secured the win only to see what would have been Theo Cabango’s hat-trick score ruled out.<\/span><\/p>\n

Play was brought back for an Ulster penalty for a deliberate knock-on from replacement prop Rhys Carre with John Cooney kicking a 79th-minute winning penalty.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I will have to have a better look at it because I only saw it on the screen, but I am not sure whether that is a clear enough or obvious penalty at the end to overrule a try and give a penalty under the sticks,” said Sherratt.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I might be wrong on that, but my instinct is it has to be clear and obvious to overrule something like that and it did not seem that to me.”<\/span><\/p>\n

It was a 10th defeat in 14 league games this season for Cardiff with nine of those yielding losing bonus points for finishing within seven points of their opponents. <\/span><\/p>\n

“We deserved more from the game,” said Sherratt.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It is difficult at the end of the game because it is emotional and you don’t want to say anything out of emotion.<\/span><\/p>\n

“When the dust settles, we need to look at things we can do better. We need to be able to put more pressure on the opposition and score more points.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We are putting ourselves in a position where it is always coming down to a referee call or a last minute penalty, as it did tonight.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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