Henry Speight won't be marauding down wings for the next couple of months.
The Fijian-born star, who plays for the Brumbies and has five caps for Australia, fractured his eye orbital in a recent Super Rugby collision.
Speight turns 27 today and is in hospital getting work done to strengthen and repair the socket.
It looked fairly dinged up before he went in for his surgery.
https://twitter.com/henryspeight88/status/712820095181934592
In fact, this is the x-ray of Speight's fractured socket before he went under the ether.
https://twitter.com/BlockaDutton/status/712829535662661632
Speight looks set to be on the sidelines for eight weeks as he recovers from his surgery.
The Brumbies have called up Lausii Taliauli as a replacement during their stint in South Africa for league commitments. Brumbies coach Stephen Larkham said:
"It's a shame to lose Henry, he's obviously a world-class winger. The crack is above the left eyebrow, it's a nasty fracture."
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