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Newby out for six weeks2008 Highlanders captain Craig Newby will go in for surgery today to have an operation on his foot and is likely to be on the sidelines for at least six weeks. Newby sustained a foot injury in the Air New Zealand Cup for Otago last year and since then has not fully recovered. Highlanders coach Glenn Moore said “Craig has not fully recovered from his foot injury that occurred in the Air NZ Cup and because of the unusual nature of the injury it has been quite difficult in diagnosing what is wrong with Craig’s foot”.“The surgeons are going to remove a piece of bone from Craig’s foot that has been causing most of the discomfort and pain for him”, Moore said. The rehabilitation phase of the operation is likely to take 6 weeks and Moore is hoping to have Newby available for the Highlanders first home game against the Waratahs on the 1st March. Meanwhile Highlanders loose head prop Jamie Mackintosh is making steady progress with the rehabilitation of his foot injury.Moore said, “Jamie is recovering really well from his foot injury and there is optimism in the camp that he will be available for the first competition game on Friday 15th February against the Reds”.

Welcome back to the start of the 2008 Rebel Sport Super 14 season! The team has been back after the holidays training even harder than before in preparation for the first of their preseason games in Invercargill. The preseason games are as follows:
26 January Highlanders v Chiefs Invercargill 2.30pm
1 February Internal Trial Oamaru 5.15pm
8 February Highlanders v Blues Dunedin 5.00pm