Mortlock loss body blow for Wallabies

By RICHARD KNOWLER, JIM KAYES and GREG GROWDEN - Fairfax Media | Wednesday, 23 July 2008 The Wallabies have suffered a massive blow ahead of Saturday night's Bledisloe Cup test with skipper Stirling Mortlock forced out with concussion. All Blacks captain Richie McCaw has been bracketed with Daniel Braid at openside flanker and will make his own call on his fitness before the Sydney test. But Mortlock, Australia's line-breaking centre, has failed to recover from the nasty shoulder charge he copped to the head from Springboks lock Bakkies Botha during last weekend's Tri Nations test in Perth and has been scratched from the test against the All Blacks in Sydney. "Stirling was concussed last weekend, Wallabies coach Robbie Deans said last night. "We had hoped that, with time, the symptoms would resolve themselves, but that has... [read full story]