All Blacks centre Ryan Crotty will make his long awaited return to rugby this weekend.
Crotty fractured his thumb in the Super Rugby semi‑final against the Hurricanes in June.
At the time he was given a time frame of eight weeks for recovery.
An All Blacks statement says Crotty will be available for Canterbury's Mitre 10 Cup match against Southland in Christchurch on Saturday nine weeks after sustaining the injury.
The announcement is also likely to result in him being confirmed in the All Blacks' World Cup squad which is announced tomorrow.
[Source:Radio NZ]
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