Northampton issue injury update on Courtney Lawes - Ruck

Northampton issue injury update on Courtney Lawes

Courtney Lawes will miss the whole of England’s Autumn schedule after it was confirmed he will be ruled out for 12 weeks with an ankle injury.

It is a second major injury blow for England head coach Eddie Jones, with Manu Tuilagi facing six months out with an Achilles injury.

In a statement, Northampton said: “Northampton Saints can confirm that, following consultation between the club’s medical staff and a specialist, Courtney Lawes will undergo surgery on the ankle injury he sustained against Sale Sharks last week.

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“The 31-year-old England lock will require a rehabilitation period of approximately 12 weeks.”

England have six upcoming fixtures this autumn starting with the uncapped Quilter Cup against the Barbarians (25 October, KO 2pm GMT, live on Sky Sports).

Following a trip to Rome to face Italy (31 Oct, KO 4.45pm GMT, live on ITV) in the final round of the delayed 2020 Guinness Six Nations, England will play four matches as part of the Autumn Nations Cup.

Quilter Internationals at Twickenham Stadium against Georgia (14 November, KO 3pm) and Ireland (21 November, KO 3pm), an away match v Wales (28 November, KO 4pm) before returning to Twickenham for a placing match to determine final position in the competition (6 December, KO 2pm). All Autumn Nations Cup games will be live on Amazon Prime.


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