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Tom Wood to miss rugby restart after surgery to remove blood clot

Tom Wood of the Northampton Saints. (Getty)

Northampton Saints have confirmed that Tom Wood will miss the rugby restart having being diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism last month. Wood, 33, was treated promptly at Northampton General Hospital, and was cleared to begin non-contact training from today.

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A pulmonary embolism is a blockage caused by a blood clot in one of the pulmonary arteries of the lungs.

The flanker has represented the Saints 208 times, and director of rugby Chris Boyd said the club are hopeful of having him back on the pitch later this season.

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“We’re naturally disappointed that Woody will not be available for when things kick off again on the 16 August,” said Chris Boyd.

“But he’s an excellent professional and we know he’ll rehab diligently to hopefully be back in contention before the end of the current season.”

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‘The problem with this year’s Champions Cup? Too many English clubs’

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Yes I am aware that you suggested it, but you then went on to say that we should initially start with a balance that clearly wasn't derived from that system. I'm not a mind reader, so how was I to work out that you'd arrived at that balance by dint of completely having failed to remember the history of the competition.


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I have no issues with the outcome of that, I had an issue with a completely random allocation of teams that you plucked out of thin air.

Interestingly its you who now seem to be renouncing the UEFA style points system, because you don't like the outcome of reducing URC representation.


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