Nehe Milner-Skudder ruled out for 6 months with a shoulder injury

All Blacks winger Nehe Milner-Skudder has been ruled out for the next six months after injuring his shoulder.

The 26-year-old was forced from the field in the All Blacks win over South Africa at Newlands on Sunday after dislocating his right shoulder. 

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen said Milner-Skudder would need surgery, ruling him out for at least six months. 

 

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The latest setback was Milner-Skudder's third serious injury in the past 18 months.

In 2016 he dislocated his left shoulder, then broke a bone in his foot in the opening rounds of the Super Rugby competition with the Hurricanes this year.

Milner-Skudder won back his All Blacks place midway through the Rugby Championship after a knee injury ruled out first-choice right wing Israel Dagg.