Ben McCalman's career not over

Western Force coach Dave Wessels has allayed fears Ben McCalman's rugby career could be over, saying the skipper is still on track to play for the Wallabies again this year.

McCalman has suffered numerous hairline fractures to his right scapula over the past 12 months.

The 29-year-old McCalman has played just one Super Rugby game this season and was hoping to make his latest return in Friday night's clash with Melbourne Rebels in Perth.

But those plans were scuppered when one of the specialists McCalman has been seeing deemed there was still a hairline fracture in his right scapula.

McCalman will be out for the next five weeks, before being unleashed in the National Rugby Championship later this year.