Owen Farrell injury scare - England captain pulls out of match, needing surgery
Owen Farrell is an injury doubt for England's opening Six Nations match against Ireland after pulling out of Saracens match against Glasgow today.
Saracens reported that he pulled out due to a wrist injury.
The BBC are reporting that Farrell will now undergo a 'minor' operation on his thumb. According to the report Mark McCall says his recovery time is 7 to 10 days, putting in the doubt his participation in his team's opening match against Ireland in Dublin.
The England star is set to captain his country in this year's competition in the absense of Dylan Hartley.
"Owen will be captain by himself and he will certainly have great support from a number of senior players,” said Eddie Jones earlier this week.
The squad will travel for Portugal on Wednesday 23 January to begin their preparations. A squad of 25 players will depart for Dublin on Thursday 31 January.
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So if this ain’t the best Irish team ever then who exactly is? I don’t remember any other Irish team being this good & winning a series in the Land of the Long White Cloud. Yes I may rip them often for 8 X QF RWC exits & twice not even making it to the QF, but they’re a damn good team who many think can only improve, including me!
Go to commentsNot a squeek out of Leinster for weeks about this match. So quiet. The first team have been quitely building for this encounter under Nienaber’s direction. All fresh, all highly motivated. They are expecting a season’s best performance from Northhampton. They will match that. They will be fresher and apparently they will have 80,000 out of the 83,000 shouting for them. I do expect Northhampton to turn up big time. Not to be missed. On a tangent it is evident how the loss of a few Premiership teams has in some respect helped other Premiership teams and England. More quality over less teams makes the teams better, which has a knock on effect on England. Not the only factor contributing to England’s rise but one of them.
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