Hayden Triggs in action for the Highlanders in 2009. File photo / APN
Hayden Triggs has been called up by the Blues to replace Culum Retallick, but their second-row stocks remain in the balance.
Tom Murday, called up to help ease the locking crisis caused by Retallick's season-ending knee injury, has suffered a knee injury of his own. A scan has revealed a
patella tendon problem _ another scan will reveal how long he is out for, but it could be for up to 10 weeks, said coach John Kirwan.
"We're a little bit fragile,'' he said. "Tom has had a little mishap with his knee so we're under the pump.''
Kirwan's locking options are now Tom Donnelly, Liaki Moli, Patrick Tuipulotu and Triggs.
Triggs, 31, a former NZ Maori player who has represented the Hurricanes, Highlanders and Chiefs, is in Japan with the Honda Heat and will return to New Zealand to join the Blues in the next few weeks when his season finishes.
