Saracens veteran Alex Goode has been ruled out for 10-12 weeks after undergoing surgery on a quad injury.
Saracens suffered a surprising 29-19 defeat to Ealing Trailfinders in their Premiership Rugby Cup opener at Trailfinders Sports Club.
“We had a lot of disruption to deal with this week. We lost our starting props in the last 24 hours, we lost Fergus on Wednesday and then Alex in the warm-up,” boss Mark McCall said.
.Leicester dug deep to withstand a Saracens fightback and register their first victory at StoneX Stadium since 2018 with a 32-29 win that underlined their Gallagher Premiership title credentials.
Round six of the Gallagher Premiership promises to deliver another thrilling weekend of action, with teams looking to solidify their positions ahead of a break before the Test rugby returns in November.
Premiership finalists Bath are gearing up for a crack at Saracens and England hooker Theo Dan as they look for a big name to replace Tom Dunn at the end of the forthcoming season.
Edinburgh’s European Challenge Cup campaign began in losing fashion as they went down to a 31-18 defeat against Clermont Auvergne at Stade Marcel-Michelin.
Blair Kinghorn’s Edinburgh career is effectively over after the Toulouse-bound full-back was not named in the team to face Ulster on Saturday.