All Blacks lock to miss entire Super Rugby season

Publish Date: Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 2:36PM

The Blues’ Super Rugby Pacific title defence has suffered a setback, with All Blacks lock Sam Darry set to miss the season with injury.

The defending champions have confirmed that Darry suffered a right shoulder injury in training and will require surgery.

It is yet unclear how much time he will miss this year, but the Blues confirmed to NZME while would be out for the entire Super Rugby campaign, there are hopes he would return to play ahead of the All Blacks' test season.

The All Blacks' first test comes against reigning Rugby World Cup champions the Springboks on September 6 at Eden Park.

Unfortunate news for the season

Sam Darry has been ruled out of the Blues Super Rugby Pacific season following a shoulder injury sustained at training last week.

The injury has been assessed and will require surgery. It is expected that Darry will be fit in time for the All… pic.twitter.com/oxiJfXeXdv
— The Blues (@BluesRugbyTeam) February 5, 2025

Darry made his test debut as injury replacement for his Blues captain, Patrick Tuipulotu, in the one-off match against Fiji last year.

The 24-year-old impressed against the Fijians and made five further appearances for Scott Robertson’s side in 2024.

This article was first published on nzherald.co.nz and is republished here with permission

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