But he returned on 1 October, 24 hours after Wilkinson dislocated a knee cap.

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McGinley, who sank the winning putt in the 2002 Ryder Cup, started having knee problems as a 19-year-old when he broke his left knee-cap playing gaelic football, an injury that turned him towards golf.

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Strapped into a thick knee brace, a battered blue ball cap yanked low on his head, the Finn chuffed along the baseline, chasing down balls with his choppy ground strokes.

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Craig Bellamy was always a threat to the Polish defence with his pace, making light of the swollen knee that had made winning his 55th cap doubtful right up until the morning of the match.

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