むちの跡s captain Sam Warburton 恐れるd his Rugby World Cup hopes were 発射 after shoulder 傷害 but is primed to 直面する Italy

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むちの跡s' World Cup captain Sam Warburton has 明らかにする／漏らすd he 'thought the worst' after 苦しむing a shoulder 傷害 during training earlier this month.

Warburton 行方不明になるd Saturday's impressive tournament warm-up 勝利，勝つ against RBS 6 Nations 支持する／優勝者s Ireland in Dublin, 残り／休憩（する）ing his shoulder instead, although he looks 始める，決める to be 伴う／関わるd when Italy visit the Millennium Stadium at the 週末.

Cardiff Blues flanker Warburton will 乗る，着手する on his second World Cup （選挙などの）運動をする as 船長／主将, but he 認める that the north-むちの跡s training （軍の）野営地，陣営 事故 left him sweating.

Sam Warburton 恐れるd he wouldn't make the World Cup but his shoulder 傷害 from training was only minor

After 行方不明の むちの跡s' World Cup warm-ups against Ireland the captain will line up against Italy in Cardiff

'We did a 15-on-15 開会／開廷／会期 and I got a turnover under the 地位，任命するs, and of all people Jake Ball, who is 126-127kg, （機の）カム 飛行機で行くing into my shoulder,' Warburton said.

'It was perfectly 合法的な, but it caught me 権利 on the button where I have 苦しむd before with 神経 損失.

'最初, I was a little bit worried because when I had it first time it was a three-month 職業, and on the second it was two months. When I took my T-shirt off in the hotel, I could not 解除する my arm up and I thought the worst, as you do.

'Luckily, within two or three days it 回復するd - 100 per cent quicker than it had in the past.

'It was a minor 脅す, so with the Ireland game we thought for the sake of three or four days' extra 残り／休憩（する） it was not 価値（がある） 危険ing re-負傷させるing it and 行方不明の a month or five or six weeks. It was better 安全な than sorry.

'I was panicking for a good couple of days. With 神経s, you do not know how they are g oing to 回復する. When it was three months, they did not 診断する that from day one - you had to take it each day at a time.

'When you do a ligament, you can have an MRI ざっと目を通す and they tell you grade two, three to five weeks and you know what you are doing. With 神経s, it is about waiting, and after three days the 改良 was 大規模な.'

Warburton (left) was と一緒に 長，率いる coach 過密な住居 Gatland (second left) for Monday's squad 告示?

The sizeable でっちあげる，人を罪に陥れる of Jake Ball flew into Warburton's shoulder at training, 原因（となる）ing a minor 脅す

Warburton's last World Cup experience was one of abject 悲惨 after 存在 sent off against 半分-final 対抗者s フラン in Auckland for a dangerous 取り組む on Les Bleus wing Vincent Clerc.

むちの跡s lost only 9-8 にもかかわらず 存在 負かす／撃墜する to 14 men for more than hour, and now, four years on, they find themselves in the same pool as England and Australia, with only two ４半期/4分の1-final plac es 利用できる.

'Get out of the group 行う／開催する／段階 and into the ４半期/4分の1s, and I 支援する むちの跡s to （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 anyone on our day,' he 追加するd.

'Getting out of the group is going to be incredibly 堅い and will probably take as much 成果／努力 as it did to make the 半分-決勝戦 four years ago. That's how much tougher our group is.'

Warburton's last World Cup 外見 ended with a red card in the 2011 World Cup 半分-final against フラン

Warburton, 一方／合間, has lavished 賞賛する on his fellow World Cup squad openside Justin Tipuric, who was man-of-the-match in both warm-up games against Ireland this month and has arguably never played better.

'I could have 選ぶd him for man-of-the-match after 30 minutes (in Dublin), Warburton said.

'I have always said that when people ask me about openside flankers in world rugby, I will a lways 選ぶ him (Tipuric) as one of the best. I have played against やめる a lot of opensides now, and he is one of the most 影響力のある and best in world rugby.'