Mckenzie keeping hopes high after surgery on injured knee

All Blacks utility Damian McKenzie is keeping his spirits high after having surgery on the injured knee that has ruled him out of this year's Rugby World Cup.

McKenzie confirmed on social media he had surgery on his right knee and had come through without any complications.

He posted a picture of himself smiling in crutches with bandaging around his right knee.

 

 

 

 

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Surgery all done ✔️ A bit of a different challenge to overcome this year rather than the one I was hoping for. Looking forward to accomplishing little goals day by day and coming back even better next year. A big thanks to everyone for their kind messages of support through this time. Rehab life... Let’s get it 🤘🏻

A post shared by Damian Mckenzie (@damianmckenzie_) on May 7, 2019 at 12:26am PDT

McKenzie ruptured his ACL.

Mckenzie posted “surgery all done, a bit of a different challenge to overcome this year rather than the one he was hoping for”.

Teammates and rivals such as Ryan Crotty, Beauden Barrett, Quade Cooper and more left messages of support to McKenzie after he posted the picture.

[Source: TVNZ]

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