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Leicester confirm triple injury blow, including an operation for England winger Jonny May

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Jonny May has undergone surgery following England’s Guinness Six Nations win over Wales last weekend.

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The Leicester Tigers winger lasted just eight minutes of the match at Twickenham and his club have now revealed he is set for an indefinite period on the sidelines. 

“Scans have revealed that May suffered a fractured cheekbone,” read a report on leicestertigers.com. “The Tigers back has had surgery and is expected to be sidelined for an extended period.”

The loss of May for the foreseeable future isn’t the only injury setback Leicester have reported this week, though. 

It has also emerged that Sione Kalamafoni and Johnny McPhillips face lengthy spells out. On the advice of a neurologist, Kalamafoni has been stood down for three months after reporting with concussion symptoms following the away defeat at Saracens.

Meanwhile, scans revealed that McPhillips, who was helped from the field early in his Premiership starting debut away to Saracens, suffered a posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) tear in his right knee. He is expected to be unavailable for three months.

Speaking about the loss of the trio, Tigers boss Geordan Murphy said: “First and foremost, we are all very disappointed for the three lads.

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“As we enter the final half of the Premiership season and approach the knockout stages of Europe, the loss of three players is a blow.

“All three are ultimate professionals and I’m confident they will commit fully to their rehab in a bid to return to action this season.”

The loss of the trio follows the suspension handed down to Freddie Steward for foul play during England’s U20s defeat to Wales last weekend. 

WATCH: The Rugby Pod reflects on all last weekend’s Guinness Six Nations and Gallagher Premiership action

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Bull Shark 2 hours ago
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To be fair, the only thing that drives engagement on this site is over the top critiques of Southern Hemisphere teams.


Or articles about people on podcasts criticizing southern hemisphere teams.


Articles regarding the Northern Hemisphere tend to be more positive than critical. I guess to also rile up kiwis and Saffers who seem to be the majority of followers in the comments section. There seems to be a whole department dedicated to Ireland’s world ranking news.


Despite being dialled into the Northern edition - I know sweet fokall about what’s going on in France.


And even less than fokall about what’s cutting in Japan - which has a fast growing, increasingly premium League competition emerging.


And let’s not talk about the pacific. Do they even play rugby Down there.


Oh and the Americas. I’ve read more articles about a young, stargazing Welshman’s foray into NFL than I have anything related to either the north and south continents of the Americas.


I will give credit that the women’s game is getting decent airtime. But for the rest and the above; it’s just pathetic coming from a World Rugby website.


Just consider the innovation emerging in Japan with the pedigree of coaches over there.


There’s so much good we could be reading.


Instead it’s unimaginative “critical for the sake of feigning controversial”. Which is lazy, because in order to pull that off all you need to be really good at is:


1. Being a doos;

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No prior experience needed.


Which is not journalism. That’s like all or most of us in the comments section. People like Finn (who I believe is a RP contributor).


Anyway. Hopefully it will get better. The game is growing and the interest in the game is growing. Maybe it will attract more qualified journalists over time.

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