/ 15 March 2000

HARRY DOUBTFUL FOR WARATAHS

RICHARD Harry, prop forward of the New South Wales Waratahs, may to miss the Super 12 match against the Sharks on Saturday. Harry has a calf strain and is a doubtful starter. The Waratahs initially named the same side that swamped the Cats 51-16 last Saturday, but Harry may miss out after he was injured during scrummaging practice at training Tuesday. Coach Ian Kennedy said that if Harry is ruled unfit, fellow Wallaby Cameron Blades will be promoted from the bench with Al Baxter moving into the reserves. “We’ve got him in a hyperbaric chamber, we’re just trying to reduce his recovery time, so we won’t know the results of that for 48 hours,” Kennedy said. “He won’t train tomorrow and the doctors will have a look at him on Thursday to see whether he can train on Friday and if not, he will be out.”

Waratahs:

Matt Burke, Scott Staniforth, Jason Little (capt), Nathan Grey, Matt Dowling, Manuel Edmonds, Chris Whitaker, Tiaan Strauss, Phil Waugh, Stuart Pinkerton, John Welborn, Peter Besseling, Rod Moore, Brendan Cannon, Richard Harry. Reserves: Marc Stcherbina, Christian Warner, Sam Payne, David Lyons, Daniel Manu, Cameron Blades, Mark Crick.