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The 21-year-old suffered the injury in a tackle by hooker Stephen Moore and is now a doubt for the World Cup in the autumn.

Skipper Gareth Thomas said: "I could see the guy was in agony. He's a youngster and it's a terrible injury and I just wanted him to know that I was immensely proud of the effort, as I was able to say to the rest of the guys in the changing room afterwards."

He added: "It's going to be a tough time for him. It was amazing to see the Australian guys coming in to exchange jerseys afterwards and telling us to wish Chris all the best.

"I could easily use Chris' injury as an excuse and say it affected us, but it didn't. We knew it was a serious injury, but as a professional rugby player you've got a game to play.

"This sort of thing happens and you just have to put it to the back of your mind and get on with the game and I'm not going to use it as an excuse for our performance."

Of the performance itself, Thomas said: "I'm down and the players are down and I don't think we gave the best account of ourselves.

"I feel we're better than that, but whether you win or lose you have to give credit to the opposition and it was a difficult game because we were constantly defending.

"We are disappointed but we'll move on from this and we'll go back and the coaches will do their job and decide what the World Cup squad is.

"But as captain of the squad I'm immensely proud of the boys in both games and the two-and-a-half weeks we've been together."