Larkham ruled out of quarter-finals

STEPHEN LARKHAM will miss Australia’s World Cup quarter-final against either England or Tonga after he was forced to undergo a second knee operation in the space of eight days.

The 33-year-old star fly-half had an arthroscopy on September 16 to remove a floating bone fragment which was causing his right knee to lock up.

Larkham had been hoping to make an appearance off the bench against minnows Canada this weekend as preparation for Australia’s quarter-final clash.