Rugby League World Cup: Scotland duo withdraw injured

Keith Galloway and James McManus have withdrawn from Scotland’s provisional squad for the upcoming Rugby League World Cup.

Wests Tigers forward Keith Galloway is out with a broken foot, while Newcastle Knights’ James McManus has sustained a broken leg.

World Cup 2013

• Starts on
  Saturday 26 October
  
  
  with a double-header at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium featuring England v Australia and Wales v Italy
  


• Final at Old Trafford on
  Saturday 30 November
  
  


• 14 teams taking part (England, Australia, Fiji, Ireland, New Zealand, France, Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Scotland, Tonga, Italy, Wales, Cook Islands, United States)
  


• Games take place in England, Wales, Ireland and France
  

Scotland coach Steve McCormack will name his 24-man squad on 1 October.

The Scots will play Tonga, Italy and United States, with the tournament taking place in England and Wales.

Banff-born McManus can play wing, centre or full-back, while prop Galloway had switched allegiance to Scotland having won five caps for Australia in 2011.

McCormack is expected to include three other players from Australasia’s National Rugby League in his squad.

Gold Coast Titans prop Luke Douglas, Brisbane Broncos scrum-half Peter Wallace and North Queensland Cowboys centre Kane Linnett could be joined in the pool by Huddersfield trio Danny Brough, Dale Ferguson and Joe Wardle.

Rugby League World Cup: Scotland duo withdraw injured