Injury Blow for Canada
Monday Jul 6, 2009 in Canada National Team - Men
(Carpenter, left, after Canada lost to Ireland earlier this year. Alex Goff photo.)
Edmonton, Alb. – Canada received bad news this week as No. 8 and vice captain Aaron Carpenter was confirmed to have a broken arm.
Carpenter, who was the most active and effective forward for the Canadian team in their 12-6 loss to the USA on Saturday, left the game with an arm injury – he got his arm stuck under a ruck and the pile shifted, breaking his forearm.
Saturday was Carpenter’s 18th-straight match for Canada, but that streak is over as he is out for at least six weeks. It is likely this means a starting place for Nanyak Dala in the back row.
