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'It was not good to see' - Luke Cowan-Dickie injury scare for England

By PA
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Luke Cowan-Dickie gave England cause for concern when he limped out of Exeter’s 27-23 victory at Wasps after rolling his left ankle, with Eddie Jones announcing his squad for the autumn internationals on Monday.

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Hooker Cowan-Dickie, who started England’s last two Six Nations matches this year and two of the Lions’ Tests in South Africa, was treated on the field for three minutes before leaving it unaided having landed hard on his left knee after a tackle and catching his ankle awkwardly.

Exeter head coach Rob Baxter said the 28-year old would have his ankle protected by a moon boot before being assessed on Monday, adding that it was too early to say whether he would be fit for England’s opener against Tonga at Twickenham next month.

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“It was not good to see Luke coming off because he is as tough as they come,” said Exeter’s assistant coach Ali Hepher. “We do not know anything at the moment and we will see how it settles down after the weekend.”

Exeter moved to third in the table with their third successive victory of the season, but they made hard work of it after talking a nine-point lead inside 25 minutes and looking comfortable.

“One of the things we have spoken about is not taking a breath and drawing back after we have put ourselves in a good position,” said Hepher. “It was something we lapsed into last season, not least the play-off against Sale and the final against Harlequins.

“We were disappointed with the way we played in the final 10 minutes of the first half and we talked about it during the break. The response was good: we showed a lot of fight and found a way to win. We are getting there after a slow start to the season but we have to back it up at the weekend against London Irish.”

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Man of the match Sam Simmonds, who took his tally of tries to 10 in his last 10 Premiership matches, felt Exeter made it hard for themselves after taking the lead.

“We sat back, thinking it was easy, but we should have known this is a hard place to come after our last two visits here,” the number eight said. “They can attack from everywhere but we were happy with the second half, although we should have had a few more tries.”

Wasps head coach Lee Blackett suffered more injury woe when hooker Dan Frost, making his first start for the club, was led from the field after being treated for more than five minutes for a knock to the head.

“We have had a few new arrivals having suffered a number of niggles, but I could not fault the effort of the side,” said Blackett.

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“They kept battling and while we conceded four tries, the defensive effort was such that it did not feel like that.”

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'Passionate reunion of France and New Zealand shows Fabien Galthie is wrong to rest his stars'

Where? I remember saying "unders"? The LNR was formed by the FFR, if I said that in a way that meant the 'pro' side of the game didn't have an equal representation/say as the 'amateur' side (FFR remit) that was not my intent.


But also, as it is the governing body, it also has more responsibility. As long as WR looks at FFR as the running body for rugby in France, that 'power' will remain. If the LNR refuses to govern their clubs use of players to enable a request by FFR (from WR) to ensure it's players are able to compete in International rugby takes place they will simply remove their participation. If the players complain to the France's body, either of their health and safety concerns (through playing too many 'minutes' etc) or that they are not allowed to be part in matches of national interest, my understanding is action can be taken against the LNR like it could be any other body/business. I see where you're coming from now re EPCR and the shake up they gave it, yes, that wasn't meant to be a separate statement to say that FFR can threaten them with EPCR expulsion by itself, simply that it would be a strong repercussion for those teams to be removed (no one would want them after the above).


You keep bringing up these other things I cannot understand why. Again, do you think if the LNR were not acting responsibly they would be able to get away with whatever they want (the attitude of these posters saying "they pay the players")? You may deem what theyre doing currently as being irresponsible but most do not. Countries like New Zealand have not even complained about it because they've never had it different, never got things like windfall TV contracts from France, so they can't complain because theyre not missing out on anything. Sure, if the French kept doing things like withholding million dollar game payments, or causing millions of dollars of devaluation in rights, they these things I'm outlining would be taking place. That's not the case currently however, no one here really cares what the French do. It's upto them to sort themselves out if they're not happy. Now, that said, if they did make it obvious to World Rugby that they were never going to send the French side away (like they possibly did stating their intent to exclude 20 targeted players) in July, well then they would simply be given XV fixtures against tier 2 sides during that window and the FFR would need to do things like the 50/50 revenue split to get big teams visiting in Nov.

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