SYDNEY :Wallabies scrumhalf Tate McDermott will miss this weekend's Rugby Championship finale against New Zealand in Perth and almost certainly Australia's end-of-season tour after suffering a serious hamstring injury.

Rugby Australia said on Tuesday that the injury McDermott suffered early in last week's loss to the All Blacks in Auckland would require surgery and "an extended period of time on the sidelines throughout his recovery".

Jake Gordon is expected to be fit after his own hamstring issue to replace McDermott in Saturday's return match against New Zealand with Ryan Lonergan looking set to win his second cap off the bench.

Nic White, who put off his retirement to help the Wallabies cope with the absence of Gordon earlier in the Rugby Championship, will help the squad prepare for

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