Sharpe puts retirement on hold again

Updated October 11, 2012 16:02:27

Wallabies caretaker captain Nathan Sharpe has made himself available for the tour of Europe beginning next month.

The 34-year-old Sharpe had initially announced he would be retiring at the end of the Super Rugby season but due to the Wallabies' depleted second row stocks he was asked to continue his international career.

He captained the Wallabies in their final three Tests of the Rugby Championship, in the absence of injured trio James Horwill (hamstring), David Pocock (knee) and Will Genia (knee).

Sharpe will also lead the Wallabies in this month's Bledisloe Cup encounter in Brisbane prior to the overseas Tests against France, England, Italy and Wales.

"Playing for Australia is something I have never taken for granted," Sharpe said in a statement.

"As such, to be asked to continue beyond the deadline I had set for myself was both flattering but also a request that was very difficult to turn down.

"I have never known a season where the Wallabies have faced such adversity as we have this year. To show the spirit and character that the team has is a mark of how the group has grown, both individually and collectively, and I have enjoyed playing my part in that."

Sharpe become the Wallabies' most-capped forward when he took the field against Argentina in Rosario last Sunday (AEST) in the 25-19 victory over the Pumas.

He is the Wallabies' second most-capped player with 111 Test appearances.

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First posted October 11, 2012 16:02:27

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Freier pulls his boots on again

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Broadcast: 29/05/2011

Reporter: Barrie Cassidy

Panellist Adam Freier has made a return to club rugby, aiming for a return to the Rebels.

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Elsom sidelined again

Updated May 23, 2011 19:09:00

Rocky Elsom is almost certain to miss the rest of the Super Rugby season after scans confirmed the Wallabies captain has a syndesmosis injury.

Elsom suffered the ankle damage in his comeback appearance for the Brumbies against the Western Force in Perth on Saturday night after being sidelined for six months with a hamstring injury.

While the Brumbies have yet to completely write him off, the struggling two-time Super Rugby champions are out of finals contention and only have four matches left.

Syndesmosis injuries usually require at least four to six weeks to heal.

- AAP

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First posted May 23, 2011 17:41:00

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