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Clifford out of Argentina tour with shoulder problem
By Alex Fisher
Jack Clifford will miss England's tour of Argentina at the end of the Premiership season after Harlequins confirmed he will undergo shoulder surgery.
Quins expect the 24-year-old to be absent for up to three months as he recovers from a problem that has been troubling him throughout the 2016-17 campaign.
"While it is hugely disappointing for Jack to miss the conclusion of our season, the issue needed addressing immediately," Quins director of rugby John Kingston told the club's official website.
"I have no doubt Jack will do all that he can to get himself back to fitness and return all the better and stronger for it."
Since making his international debut in February 2016 the forward has made 10 appearances for Eddie Jones' side, but only started twice.
With the British and Irish Lions expected to leave Jones without a number of his first-team regulars for the two-Test series against the Pumas, Clifford will miss out on the chance to impress.
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Thats exactly the criticism Ed, that it has already been done for generations. A strong SA, in many respects, should certainly help African rugby develop. You'd have to think they'd acclimatize much better being drawn to a pro SA club than say a European. Hopefully the fact theyve gone private (is that right Graham?) should enable this sort of change.
Go to commentsPerofeta came back and was available for the eoyt right? Or was that why Love was in the squad (but got injured in the last week)?
It was such a frustrating year. Perofeta looked a service stop gap until Jordan was fit, but then got injured. Plummer was selected because of Pero's injury and dmac shat the bed in the second half in Australia but Clarke (?) got himself binned at the 65 min mark so Plummer couldn't come on (at least with the risk adverse Razors thinking) when he was planned to.
So many other exciting opportunities that could have happened without injuries, but then theyre probably balanced by knowing Sititi probably wouldn't have been given a chance without multiple injuries happened.
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