Italians crushed
NZPA Brisbane A crowd of 12.000 groaned with dismay when Paul McLean limped off injured during Queensland’s crushing 68-11 win over the touring Italian rugby team at Ballymore yesterday. However, the test'fly-half was able to give an assurance after the match it was not an occurrence of the knee trouble which had kept him out of international football last season.
“I got a kick just above the knee and suffered a corked muscle.” McLean said.
The Queensland coach, Mr Bob Templeton, said McLean would be fully fit within a day or two and would play in the Wallaby trials in Sydney in a fortnight. Earlker McLean had shown uncanny kicking skill with five angled conversions as Queensland turned on a blistering display to post 12 tries. After McLean’s injury, the centre. Michael O’Connor, took over as kicker and landed another five conversions with his round-the-corner style to add to his three smart tries.
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