Rene Ranger Out With ACL Injury

A shattering blow to the Blues backline.

Midfielder Rene Ranger's Super Rugby season is over after rupturing the ACL ligament in his left knee.

Ranger injured his knee during the Blues 23-18 win over the Sharks at Eden Park.

The former All Black faces six months on the sidelines, a cruel blow in his first season back from France.

The injury gives coach Tana Umaga more selection headaches as winger Rieko Ioane is returning to the All Blacks Sevens camp.

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