51.   She arrived in Hobart with a slight hamstring strain suffered in an exhibition tournament in Hong Kong last week and played with a heavily bandaged thigh.

52.   She said the hamstring strain was minor and her return to the topflight was on track.

53.   Spencer won his chance when Mehrtens suffered a severe hamstring strain in the opening test this season, against Fiji.

54.   The Australians are concerned about the fitness of flanker Troy Coker, who pulled out of a training session Thursday morning with a hamstring strain.

55.   The Australians announced late Thursday that flanker Troy Coker would miss the match with a hamstring strain.

56.   The goaltending burden now rests with Cechmanek following the hamstring strain that will sideline Brian Boucher for several weeks.

57.   The French woman played with her left thigh strapped to support a hamstring strain she sustained in an exhibition tournament in Hong Kong last week.

58.   The left-handed Lara had a posterior hamstring tendon strain and Bishop had soft tissue in his hamstring, Waight said.

59.   The problem flared up again recently during a meet in Stockholm, Sweden, causing Johnson to pull up with a slight hamstring strain in the right leg.

60.   The Rangers played without Rafael Palmeiro, who is hampered by a hamstring strain.