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Mortlock injury blow for Wallabies

Australia will be without captain Stirling Mortlock for the remainder of the Tri-Nations after it was confirmed he requires knee surgery.

Mortlock, 32, tore the lateral cartilage in his left knee 30 minutes into the Wallabies' 29-17 defeat to tournament front-runners South Africa on Saturday.

The ACT Brumbies centre will be sidelined for six weeks but is expected to be fit for Australia's Grand Slam tour of Britain and Ireland in November.

Australia will also be without utility forward Peter Kimlin, who has a shoulder injury, for the remainder of the Tri-Nations.

Head coach Robbie Deans has called up uncapped NSW Waratahs back Kurtley Beale and experienced Brumbies lock Mark Chisholm.

The Wallabies' next Tri-Nations appointment is against New Zealand at the Olympic Stadium in Sydney on August 22.

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