South African flyhalf Andre Pretorius will miss this year's Super 14 competition after sustaining a season-ending hamstring injury at training this week, his Western Force club announced Friday.
Pretorius, who joined the Force this season as the club's marquee player, felt pain in the back of his left leg during Wednesday's session and was treated by club medical staff.
Followup scans Thursday revealed the severity of the injury and showed the World Cup-winning Springbok had torn his left hamstring from the bone.
The injury will require surgical reattachment and an extended period on the sidelines, approximately three months, meaning he will not take part in the 2010 Super 14 season.
"I'm really disappointed that I won't be able to have the opportunity to represent the Western Force and play rugby with the new mates that I have made here," Pretorius said.
"My body was in the best condition it has been in a long time and after watching the video footage of the training session and seeing when the injury occurred, it didn't look like much at all. The physios at the club said it was a just a freakish type of injury."
Pretorius made the move to Western Australia after 69 Super Rugby caps with the Lions in South Africa.
Coach John Mitchell said it was disappointing to lose a player like Pretorius.
"It is really unlucky for Andre, I feel gutted for him," Mitchell said. "From a playing perspective we now have to look at what we've got and move forward without him, that's just part of rugby."
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