I've spoken to Wayne and he is a bit down but the injury is not too bad and it certainly won't rule him out of the World Cup.

I know Shane has had some discussions with the selectors about it. He has certainly spoken to me about it going back eight to 10 months.

It was strange not having him there. What's happened was a bolt out of the blue but I think he's going to be OK and I just can't wait to have him back with me again.

It's not the same injury; it's not the joint.

We would not have felt that [negotiations] had reached a roadblock. We were certainly at a point where we had a gap in his expectations and our comfort level. Whether or not we would have been able to close that gap, I'm not sure. But we felt we were in productive contract negotiations.

No, I don't want to go. I'm a Ranger. I'm playing with a little bit of an injury. All I'm worried about is March, April and the playoffs.