It's just as well Leicester are practically safe as Manu Tuilagi to remain sidelined
Leicester have confirmed the worst regarding Manu Tuilagi - the centre won’t feature again for the Tigers this season.
Geordan Murphy’s side slipped to 11th spot following last weekend’s Welford Road loss. However, despite that defeat to Bristol, they are nine points clear of bottom side Newcastle with two games remaining.
With relegation now unlikely, there will be no rushing Tuilagi back into the fray for the closing fixtures versus Harlequins this Friday and against Bath on May 18.
"Manu will miss the rest of the season," said Geordan Murphy as his weekly Tigers’ media conference. “He pulled his hamstring against Newcastle and that is a three or four-week injury, so he will be out until the season is done for us.”
The 27-year-old, who shunned a money-spinning offer from Racing 92 in March, had started three consecutive league matches following his return from Six Nations duty with England.
" said the coach at the time.
“He has had hamstring injuries before so we are hoping we can speed that up and he will feature for us before the end of the season.”
Confirmation of Tuilagi’s stint on the sidelines coincided with Murphy admitting Kyle Eastmond is a doubt to challenge for a place in the Tigers midfield at the Stoop, but full-back Telusa Veainu came through his brief run-out against Bristol without any reaction.
"Kyle will be touch and go for the weekend," Murphy continued. "He has made a really good recovery since his hamstring strain. It may be a few days too early to play but we are hoping he will be available for Friday.”
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Sorry to say, but sadly the sadas were just ordinary and havilli at 10 as an abs selection just won’t cut it. He’s better suited in the centre’s and is a victim of past charge down kicks, he’s too slow under pressure. There’s better talent further north and I don’t mean dmac however I believe razor will sort him out. A feature of his presents on the park is the fact that the guys will follow him.
Go to commentsMarler was brilliant throughout both in the scrum and open play. His slap made virtually no contact with Ramos who milked it for a penalty when he could have been a decent sportsman and laughed it off, it was non-violent and shouldn't have been penalised. Smith failed repeatedly to kick when necessary and put up a couple of bombs into the TLS 22 that just handed back possession at key moments to the other side.
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