Apparently Sourpuss Sore-Loser Poncing has now suffered further injury to his finger (allegedly, maybe, perhaps), which will prevent him playing in the final test. Aaaawww diddums.

Sounds like code for The Sack to me.

The sack by any other name is still the sack, but I wonder why they're bothering to try to save face on his behalf, and thereby not hurt his feelings - he's never given a Flying You-Know-What about anyone else's.