Baxter: We'll do it for brave ben

Prop Al Baxter and his front-row colleagues have vowed to win the World Cup on Saturday for their injured Wallaby team-mate Ben Darwin, whose rugby career hangs in the balance after he suffered a neck injury in Australia’s semi-final victory over New Zealand.

Prop Al Baxter and his front-row colleagues have vowed to win the World Cup on Saturday for their injured Wallaby team-mate Ben Darwin, whose rugby career hangs in the balance after he suffered a neck injury in Australia’s semi-final victory over New Zealand.

Darwin heard his neck crack in a scrum and was saved by the quick thinking of Kees Meeuws, who responded to his opponent’s terrified calls of “neck, neck, neck” and immediately stopped pushing.

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