30 Jun 2011

Henry happy with progress of injured players

2:06 pm on 30 June 2011

The All Blacks coach Graeme Henry says he's encouraged with the injury situation of three players who have been involved in a pre-Tri-Nations camp in Wellington.

Players from the three franchises not involved in the Super Rugby play-offs have spent two days in the capital, finishing with a exhausting workout with sevens guru Gordon Tietjens today.

Tony Woodcock, Isaia Toeava and Israel Dagg weren't involved in that, and Henry's happy with the way they're recovering.

He says Woodcock's is making good progress, which is a big relief because the loosehead prop's been struggling while Dagg's where they thought he'd be, although it's still not known when he'll be one hundred percent.

And Henry says Toeava's on track to play a couple of games in late July and be over ready for test rugby in August.