Emirates Western Force lock Tom Hockings will undergo surgery on his injured right shoulder tonight.
The Bowen-born lock was a revelation for the WA side this season, seizing his opportunity and cementing a place in the starting XV after he was called on as a last minute-replacement for captain Nathan Sharpe in the season-opening clash with the Sharks in Durban.
Starting all but the final three matches of the team’s 2008 Super 14 campaign, the 22 year old was rubbed out of representative calculations when he succumbed to nerve damage in his right shoulder.
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