It has been confirmed that England lock Charlie Ewels will potentially miss the 2022/23 Premiership season after undergoing serious knee surgery.
The towering Bath second-row suffered the injury in the middle of a training session during England's victorious 2-1 series win against the Wallabies earlier this month.
It now appears that his World Cup hopes may be over after Bath's new head of rugby delivered bad news today,
“Charlie has been for his operation, which went well, and he will be out for an extended period,” Johann van Graan said.
“It was a pretty serious knee injury. He is in good spirits, and he sees it as an opportunity to work on other parts of his game as he goes through the rehab process.
“These type of knee injuries, my experience tells me it is too early to say in terms of length of time.
“Is there a chance (this season)? Potentially, the back end of it, but I wouldn’t want to speculate on it now. It’s way too early.”
ODDS: (To make the England Rugby World Cup Squad 2023)
Props (5):
- Ellis Genge 1/50
- Kyle Sinckler 1/10
- Mako Vunipola 1/5
- Will Stuart 1/3
- Joe Marler 2/5
Ellis Genge of England (digitally altered) during the Autumn Nations Match between England and Tonga at Twickenham Stoop on 6 November 2021. Photo: Tom Sandberg/PPAUK
Hookers (3):
- Jamie George 1/14
- Luke Cowan-Dickie 1/6
- Jamie Blamire 5/6
Locks (4):
- Maro Itoje 1/50
- Courtney Lawes 1/14
- Jonny Hill 1/5
- Ollie Chessum 1/5
Final whistle celebrations for Maro Itoje of England Rugby after the Six Nations Championship match between England and Wales at Twickenham Stadium, Twickenham, London on February 26th 2021. - PHOTO: Phil Mingo/PPAUK
Back-row (5):
- Tom Curry 1/14
- Billy Vunipola 1/9
- Alex Dombrandt 1/9
- Sam Underhill 1/5
- Lewis Ludlam 2/5
Tom Curry of England Rugby during the Six Nations Championship match between England and Italy at Twickenham Stadium, Twickenham, London on January 13 2021. - PHOTO: Micah Crook/PPAUK
Scrum-halves (3):
- Jack van Poortvliet 1/33
- Ben Youngs 1/9
- Harry Randall 4/7
Ben Youngs of England on the break to go over for a try during the Autumn Nations Match between England and Tonga at Twickenham Stoop on 6 November 2021. Photo: Tom Sandberg/PPAUK
Fly-halves (2):
- Marcus Smith 1/50
- George Ford 1/5
Marcus Smith of England celebrates after winning during the Autumn Nations Match between England and South Africa at Twickenham Stadium on 20 November 2021. Photo: Tom Sandberg/PPAUK
Centres (4):
- Owen Farrell 1/50
- Manu Tuilagi 1/5
- Henry Slade 3/10
- Joe Marchant 8/15
Manu Tuilagi of England during the Autumn Nations Match between England and Australia at Twickenham on 13 November 2021. Photo: Micah Crook/PPAUK
Back-three (5):
- Freddie Steward 1/50
- Jack Nowell 1/14
- Jonny May 1/9
- Tommy Freeman 3/10
- Henry Arundell 2/5
Freddie Steward of England goes over for a try during the Autumn Nations Match between England and Australia at Twickenham on 13 November 2021. Photo: Micah Crook/PPAUK
NOTABLE ABSENTEES:
- Anthony Watson 5/6
- Sam Simmonds 5/6
- Jack Willis 13/10
- Ben Earl 2/1
- Danny Care 10/1
Danny Care of England arriving before the six Nations Championship match, between England and Ireland at Twickenham Stadium, London , UK, on the 17th March 2017. (Photo:Dean Lancaster/PPAUK)
