Bath Rugby Head of Medical Services Rory Murray has provided an injury update ahead of Friday’s match against Northampton Saints.
Another nasty looking head knock for Sam Underhill cut his game short just after halftime and becomes a major concern with his history.
BATH INJURY LIST:
The England flanker was stood down for three months due to a series of concussions just 12 months ago with then boss Eddie Jones ‘worried; about his future.
Alfie Barbeary
Alfie injured his knee against Leicester Tigers. The injury is completely unrelated to the hamstring injury he returned from at Welford Road. He will have a scan on his knee to determine the full extent of the injury.
Joe Cokanasiga
Joe injured his knee and ankle against Bristol Bears. He will return in four weeks.
Jaco Coetzee, Piers Francis, Will Stuart and Sam Underhill
All four players have concussion injuries and will go through the Graduated Return to Play protocol.
Reacting to the injury, one fan wrote: “Retirement a must.”
A second commented: “The worst thing about it, is it wasn’t even due to foul play. He just plays a very physical and committed game where he’ll dive into anything and everything in order to win the ball. Unfortunately that comes at a cost.”
Another said: “I hope it doesn’t mean retirement , but fear it might . Long term health the priority.”
A fourth wrote:” Have been saying for ages he needs to decide between rugby and his future health. Happening too regularly:
Gabriel Hamer-Webb
Gabriel has returned to full training and is in contention for selection.
Ted Hill
Ted has returned to full training and is in contention for selection.
Quinn Roux
Quinn will miss the rest of the season following his knee injury sustained against Bristol Bears. The injury is on the opposite knee to his injury earlier in the season and has no relation to his previous injury.
Ranked: The Highest-Paid Player At Each Gallagher Premiership Club
Starting from the lowest wage, here is the ranking of the highest-paid players at each Gallagher Premiership club for the 2022-23 season.
#11. Matias Moroni (Newcastle Falcons) – £320,000
Matias joined the Falcons in the summer of 2022, having helped Leicester Tigers to win the 2021-22 Gallagher Premiership title.
Starting in the Twickenham final for the Tigers, the Buenos Aires native brings a huge amount of big-game experience to the North East and boasts ‘intensity’ as his chief attribute.
Capped more than 50 times by Argentina, he has also represented his homeland at Sevens during the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, having began his career with Club Universitario de Buenos Aires (CUBA) in his home city.
#10. Adam Hastings (Gloucester) – £450,000
One of Gloucester Rugby’s biggest signings this season, Hastings will be looking to bring his attacking flare and experience to Kingsholm.
A Scotland international, the fly-half joins the Cherry & Whites from Glasgow Warriors where he has excelled since arriving in 2017.
With Premiership experience having previously played at Bath, Hastings’ arrival at Gloucester Rugby is hugely exciting and the club is set to have good competition for places at fly-half.
#9. Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby) – £450,000
Underhill has developed into a world-class back rower at Bath Rugby.
He came on to the scene at 17 featuring a couple of times for Gloucester before switching to Ospreys where he firmly introduced himself with Wales and England vying for his international commitment.
Born in USA, Underhill did captain England at Under-18 level and moved to Bath Rugby in 2017, making his full international debut in Argentina following on from a non-cap appearance against the Barbarians.
#8. Marcus Smith (Harlequins) – £460,000
Smith’s rapid rise shows no signs of slowing down – it took barely a year for him to go from captaining Brighton College in an unbeaten season to involvement in the senior England squad.
Marcus became the second-youngest Premiership debutant in history, behind George Ford, when making his Harlequins bow against London Irish aged 18 years and 200 days in September 2017.
The fly-half made 28 appearances for Harlequins in all competitions during the 2017/18 season, scoring three tries on his way to 208 points. He was named as an apprentice in the England party for the Old Mutual Wealth series that autumn and continued in that role during the 2018 NatWest Six Nations. He made his Test debut in 2021 against the USA and contributed 13 points, including a try, to their 43-19 victory.
In 2021 he was called up to the British & Irish Lions squad and kicked all seven conversions in their game against the Stormers. Steve Borthwick named Smith in his squad for the 2023 Guinness Six Nations Championship.
