Stoke lost keeper Thomas Sorensen with a finger injury in the warm-up, and deputy Simonsen soon found himself picking the ball out of the net.

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Thomas sustained a fracture to a finger in his right hand during the match against Australia last weekend, but played through with the injury.

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Back-row Jon Thomas withdrew after he failed to recover from a finger injury, with Martyn Williams replacing him.

BBC: Wales suffer flanker Thomas blow

These include some reassuringly familiar types, such as the heroic pragmatist (Thomas Jane), the consoling schoolteacher (Laurie Holden), the finger-pointing nutcase (Marcia Gay Harden), and the skeptic (Andre Braugher) who refuses to believe in giant, writhing flesh-eaters right up to the moment at which he meets them socially.

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