All Blacks' Coles out for up to six months with knee injury

The 30-year-old, who has 56 caps for the All Blacks, scored his team's first try at the Stade de France but was replaced by Codie Taylor shortly after and the world champions said that Coles had ruptured his knee ligament.

(Reuters)

"Dane Coles is to return home after rupturing his ACL... head coach Steve Hansen says he will require an operation with likely four to six month recovery," the All Blacks said on their official Twitter account.

Coles previously missed the All Blacks' tests against the British and Irish Lions earlier this year due to concussion symptoms.

(Reporting by Aditi Prakash in Bengaluru; editing by Sudipto Ganguly)