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Esposito ruled out of Six Nations with ACL tear
By Tom Webber
Italy winger Angelo Esposito will miss the Six Nations after sustaining an anterior cruciate ligament tear that requires surgery.
Esposito scored twice in Benetton Treviso's 27-14 Pro14 victory over Zebre on December 23 but limped off with a knee injury.
Tests revealed the 24-year-old, who has scored two tries in 15 appearances for Italy, needs an operation, ruling him out of the Six Nations.
"Benetton Rugby wishes Angelo a speedy recovery and an early return to the field," an official club statement read.
Italy begin their campaign against England at the Stadio Olimpico on February 4.
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You mention 2015-I do think many overlook the fact england were missing lots of their best players who were playing sevens-which is why england had a significant blip in results as they did in 2013 too.always gets forgotten about. As for this year- given the irish form in the 2nd half of the season and the french form in WXV-ireland should be looking at home to win and beat france-and then at least second place is in sight. Ireland are very capable of beating france.
Go to commentsWell Ulster are certainly in a sorry place… but it's a similar tail for Munster and Connacht. There's quite a bit of rot in the Irish set-up… unfortunately I fear that we've taken a leaf out of Wales’ book rather than the other way round!!
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