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Fri May 9, 2008
by Matthew O'Neill
Source: www.hullfc.comKiwi international Motu Tony has been ruled out for 14 weeks with a ruptured knee ligament.
The 26-year-old full back was given the news after seeing a specialist earlier in the week and he said: "Naturally I am bitterly disappointed but I can't do anything about it.
"Unfortunately, injuries are part of the game and, although you hope you don't cop a bad one sometimes you do and you have to live with it.
"I've just got to get on with it and make sure my knee is strong and I am fully fit when I can play again."
The one piece of good news is Tony doesn't need an operation and he will spend two months in a specially designed leg brace and then the remaining month and a half in rehab with physio Simon Pope.
Tony should be available for Hull's final Super League game of the season, the derby clash with Hull KR at Craven Park on Sunday, September 7th and of course the play off rounds.
Losing Tony is another blow for Hull in a campaign which has been dogged by injuries to key and influential players.
Tony was in top form when he limped off the field after 35 minutes in the 28-20 home victory over Huddersfield Giants.
He's arguably been Hull's most consistent player and not surprisingly coach Peter Sharp is extremely disappointed at losing him.
A little numbed by Hull's continuous injury problems, Sharp revealed: "I suppose we ought to be used to it by now, but we're not.
"This is a very sad loss for us because I felt Motu was in outstanding form and he was in my book the form full back in Super League.
"He's been tremendous for us and to lose him for what is virtually the rest of the season is a blow.
"But having said that I have to say we're fortunate in having Todd Byrne around the place because he has already proved an excellent replacement.
"Todd has done exceptionally well since stepping in at full back and his form is just another example of what a superb all round player he is, how valuable he is to us and why we brought him over from Australia."
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www.hullfc.comThu October 26, 2006
by Sports Media NZ
The Kiwis are expecting the Great Britain Lions to roar on Saturday night at Jade Stadium in Christchurch.
After two losses to Australia in their opening games of the Gillette Tri-Nations series the Kiwis know what's needed. And they're not buying in to talk of the Lions being under-prepared.
English based utility Motu Tony has had his eye on the Great Britain side all year and he said there is plenty of talent within Brian Noble's squad.
"They've been saying they haven't had any serious games in the build-up to the test on Saturday but these guys have been training the whole year," he said.
"This squad of players has been together for quite a few years now. Out of all the Tri-Nations squads they've probably been the most stable. They've used pretty much the same core of players over the past couple of years."Tony - who will start on the bench this week - said the squad didn't have much time to dwell on their narrow 20-15 loss in Melbourne last Saturday.
"The boys were gutted after the Melbourne game," he said.
"Not many teams are ahead of Australia with 10 minutes to go. We had a bit of a sulk on Saturday night but then we had to start getting ready for Great Britain."And Tony is excited about the chance to have another shot at the Lions after they soundly beat the Kiwis earlier in the year.
"They had a hit out against us in June and they beat us convincingly," he said.
"We were missing a few troops that day. Things should be a bit different on Saturday night."Issued on behalf of New Zealand Rugby League
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 2008 engage English Super League
Hull FC
12 games; 1 tries, 4 points.
[View] Round 1 [08 Feb 08] L 20-32 v Warrington (A). [FB]
[View] Round 2 [17 Feb 08] L 6-24 v Harlequins (H). [FB]
[View] Round 3 [22 Feb 08] W 24-22 v Wigan (H). [FB]
[View] Round 4 [02 Mar 08] L 8-28 v Huddersfield (A). [FB]
[View] Round 5 [07 Mar 08] L 29-30 v St Helens (A). [FB]
[View] Round 6 [14 Mar 08] W 18-8 v Wakefield (H). [FB]
[View] Round 7 [21 Mar 08] L 10-11 v Hull KR (A). [FB]
[View] Round 8 [24 Mar 08] L 4-30 v Leeds (H). [FB]
[View] Round 9 [29 Mar 08] D 28-28 v Les Catalans (A). [FB]
[View] Round 10 [04 Apr 08] L 8-24 v Bradford (H). [FB]
[View] Round 11 [11 Apr 08] W 32-12 v Castleford (A). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 12 [27 Apr 08] W 28-20 v Huddersfield (H). [FB]
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2007 engage English Super League
Hull FC
16 games; 5 tries, 20 points.
[View] Round 3 [25 Feb 07] L 24-25 v Warrington (A). [FB]
[View] Round 4 [04 Mar 07] L 6-19 v Wakefield (H). [FB]
[View] Round 5 [11 Mar 07] W 16-12 v Huddersfield (A). [BE]
[View] Round 6 [17 Mar 07] W 24-12 v St Helens (H). [BE]
[View] Round 7 [23 Mar 07] L 20-30 v Wigan (H). [BE]
[View] Round 8 [06 Apr 07] L 28-30 v Harlequins (A). [BE]
[View] Round 9 [09 Apr 07] W 22-14 v Hull KR (H). [BE]
[View] Round 11 [20 Apr 07] L 22-32 v Bradford (H). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 12 [28 Apr 07] W 20-18 v Wakefield (A). [BE]
[View] Round 14 [20 May 07] W 16-12 v Leeds (H). [BE]
[View] Round 17 [17 Jun 07] L 8-34 v Bradford (A). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 21 [21 Jul 07] W 34-18 v Les Catalans (A). [FB]
[View] Round 23 [12 Aug 07] W 46-14 v Warrington (H). [FB] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 24 [17 Aug 07] W 42-24 v Wakefield (A). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Finals Week 1 [22 Sep 07] W 22-16 v Huddersfield (H). [FB]
[View] Finals Week 2 [29 Sep 07] L 18-21 v Wigan (H). [FB]
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2006 Tri-Nations Test Series
New Zealand Kiwis
2 games; 1 tries, 4 points.
[View] Tri-Nations Match 3 [28 Oct 06] W 18-14 v Great Britain (H). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Tri-Nations Final [25 Nov 06] L 12-16 v Australia (A). [BE]
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2006 International Test Matches
New Zealand Kiwis
1 games; [View] XXXX Test [27 Jun 06] L 14-46 v Great Britain (A). [DH]
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2006 engage English Super League
Hull FC
30 games; 13 tries, 52 points.
[View] Round 1 [10 Feb 06] W 42-18 v Castleford (A). [WG]
[View] Round 2 [19 Feb 06] W 40-14 v Wildcats (H). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 3 [25 Feb 06] L 24-46 v Warrington (A). [WG]
[View] Round 4 [03 Mar 06] L 6-10 v Harlequins (H). [WG]
[View] Round 5 [10 Mar 06] L 12-18 v Bulls (A). [WG]
[View] Round 6 [19 Mar 06] W 28-20 v Wakefield (A). [BE]
[View] Round 7 [24 Mar 06] L 0-46 v St Helens (H). [BE]
[View] Round 8 [07 Apr 06] L 26-34 v Rhinos (H). [FB]
[View] Round 9 [14 Apr 06] W 26-18 v Huddersfield (A). [FB]
[View] Round 10 [17 Apr 06] W 36-24 v Wakefield (H). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 11 [22 Apr 06] W 34-28 v Les Catalans (A). [FB]
[View] Round 12 [30 Apr 06] W 54-12 v Wigan (H). [FB] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 13 [05 May 06] W 28-12 v Bradford (H). [FB]
[View] Round 14 [12 May 06] W 44-28 v Leeds (A). [FB]
[View] Round 15 [28 May 06] W 19-6 v Huddersfield (H). [FB]
[View] Round 16 [08 Jun 06] W 27-26 v St Helens (A). [FB]
[View] Round 17 [16 Jun 06] W 30-16 v Harlequins (H). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 18 [23 Jun 06] W 28-10 v Castleford (H). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 19 [01 Jul 06] W 24-16 v Les Catalans (A). [FB]
[View] Round 20 [08 Jul 06] W 24-20 v Salford City (A). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 21 [15 Jul 06] W 36-24 v Warrington (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 22 [22 Jul 06] L 16-18 v Harlequins (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 23 [04 Aug 06] W 23-16 v Leeds (H). [FB]
[View] Round 24 [13 Aug 06] W 26-12 v Huddersfield (A). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 25 [20 Aug 06] W 11-10 v Salford City (H). [FB]
[View] Round 26 [03 Sep 06] W 26-12 v Les Catalans (H). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 28 [15 Sep 06] L 16-38 v Wigan (A). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Finals Week Two [29 Sep 06] L 8-12 v St Helens (A). [WG]
[View] Finals Week Three [06 Oct 06] W 19-12 v Bradford (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Grand Final [14 Oct 06] L 4-26 v St Helens (A). [WG]
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2005 Tri-Nations Test Series
New Zealand Kiwis
4 games; 1 tries, 4 points.
[View] Tri-Nations Match 2 [21 Oct 05] L 26-28 v Australia (H). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Tri-Nations Match 3 [29 Oct 05] W 42-26 v Great Britain (A). [BE]
[View] Tri-Nations Match 5 [12 Nov 05] L 12-38 v Great Britain (A). [BE]
[View] Tri-Nations Final [26 Nov 05] W 24-0 v Australia. [BE]
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2005 English Super League
Hull FC
21 games; 1 tries, 4 points.
[View] Round 1 [11 Feb 05] L 12-16 v Rhinos (H). [FB]
[View] Round 2 [20 Feb 05] W 36-28 v Huddersfield (A). [FB]
[View] Round 3 [27 Feb 05] W 32-10 v Warrington (H). [HB]
[View] Round 4 [05 Mar 05] W 22-12 v Salford (A). [HB]
[View] Round 5 [13 Mar 05] W 36-33 v Wildcats (H). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 7 [25 Mar 05] W 20-16 v London (A). [FB]
[View] Round 9 [10 Apr 05] W 32-28 v Widnes (H). [BE]
[View] Round 10 [17 Apr 05] D 22-22 v Leigh (A). [BE]
[View] Round 11 [24 Apr 05] L 34-36 v Warrington (A). [BE]
[View] Round 12 [01 May 05] W 20-6 v Salford (H). [BE]
[View] Round 19 [02 Jul 05] D 24-24 v London (A). [BE]
[View] Round 20 [08 Jul 05] L 10-18 v St Helens (A). [WG]
[View] Round 21 [16 Jul 05] W 34-24 v Huddersfield (H). [FB]
[View] Round 22 [24 Jul 05] W 40-20 v Widnes (A). [FB]
[View] Round 23 [07 Aug 05] L 16-17 v London (H). [WG]
[View] Round 24 [14 Aug 05] W 76-20 v Leigh (H). [WG]
[View] Round 25 [21 Aug 05] L 24-28 v Wigan (H). [CT]
[View] Round 26 [02 Sep 05] L 6-49 v Bulls (A). [WG]
[View] Round 27 [11 Sep 05] W 32-30 v Wildcats (A). [FB]
[View] Elimination Play Offs [24 Sep 05] W 40-6 v Warrington (A). [BE]
[View] Elimination Semi-Final [01 Oct 05] L 0-71 v Bulls (A). [BE]
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2004 NRL Telstra Premiership
Brisbane Broncos
1 games; [View] Round 1 [14 Mar 04] W 28-20 v Warriors (H). [BE]
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