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Posolo Tuilagi shares update from hospital bed after horrific injury
By Josh Raisey
France second-row Posolo Tuilagi has said that his operation "went well" after suffering a gruesome double leg break on Saturday.
The 20-year-old was stretchered off the Stade Aime Giral pitch after only 17 minutes of USA Perpignan's 33-3 victory over ASM Clermont Auvergne on Saturday in the Top 14.
His club confirmed after the match that the five-cap international suffered a tibia-fibula fracture on his left leg, colloquially his shin.
Just over 24 hours after the injury, Tuilagi shared an Instagram Story for his followers from a hospital bed, writing: "The operation went well thank you all for your messages and support."
There has not yet been an update on how long the 149kg forward will be out for, but a long stretch on the sidelines is inevitable.
The injury will rule Tuilagi out of France's November internationals, which is a bitter end to his breakthrough year on the Test scene. Les Bleus host Japan, the All Blacks and Argentina in November.
Tuilagi's absence will be a bigger blow for Perpignan though, who had not registered a Top 14 win this season until Saturday's victory. The win leaves the Catalan outfit in eleventh place in the league, only one point ahead of bottom-place Vannes.
Fans were robbed of the much-anticipated showdown between the lock and his uncle, Bayonne's Manu Tuilagi, in the opening round of the season due to a broken suffered by the England international. With Perpignan set to host Bayonne in January, it will be Posolo's leg injury that will likely delay the Tuilagi Derby even further.
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I think it's the least likely possibility Ed.
Go to commentsScotland should win this one, considering they are the settled team compared to Australia. However, that is no guarantee that they will win. The Aussies tails is up, and they are throwing everything at the opposition.
When the Aussie fans cracked up and got angry when Joe Schmidt was appointed, I said to them to be patient, that he will get them on the right track. They said that he is not Australian and he won nothing. Second best. I should mind my own business because I don't know the Aussie ways, which is true as I'm SA.
However, now that he is bringing in results, they are all changing their minds. Joe is all in when he coaches a team. There is no team he supports more than the team he coaches. His quality is shining through properly now.
It's going to be a very tight game, much tighter than people realise. Both teams is playing exciting rugby right now. They both want to win. I'd even go as far as marking this game as the top game of the weekend.
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