"I twisted my leg violently in the first test and the pain was unbearable, " said the 2010 champion.

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Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Saul Kaplan of Springfield, Virginia, says Ware may have twisted his leg as he landed, causing the bone to snap.

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He twisted his right leg in a ruck and tried to continue after having strapping applied but he limped off after two scrums.

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He suffered the injury in a tackle by Stephen Moore, although the Wallaby hooker was not at fault as Czekaj's studs caught in the turf and his leg twisted horribly under him.

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He added the holes were a risk to the 8, 500 runners who could have "twisted their ankle or broken a leg".

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With England's fragile middle order exposed, the burly Kallis twisted the knife, trapping Kevin Pietersen for four in his crease attempting to swat a straight ball to leg.

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