The accumulation of England for its clash with Scotland has been eclipsed by the growing tension with Exeter on the calamite management of the shoulder injury of Immanuel Feyi-Waboso.
As reported for the first time by Mail Sport on Wednesday night, the 22 -year -old wing has undergone late surgery in the divered joint and the rest of the season will be lost. The moment of the operation means that Feyi-Waboso's hopes to be selected for the Australian lions tour have cruelly vanished.
Since the injury occurred before Christmas, in a Premier League match against the sale, the answer has been failed.
The innovative trial star required two scans and was out of the training team of the six nations of England, with national coach Steve Borthwick confirming that he was ready to have an operation. But there was an additional delay that led to a change of strategy, since Feyi-Waboso sought to solve the problem with a non-surgical rehabilitation course.
England was optimistic that it could have been available for a return in the last stages of the championship. But when the steering wheel born in Cardiff arrived at the camp last week for medical evaluations, he suffered a setback, which meant that an operation became inevitable.
Exeter's frustration with the process was evident when the club issued a statement that said: 'The player, which is in one of the improved EPS contracts in England Rugby, suffered a shoulder dislocation in December 2024. Having consulted the Medical teams in England and Exeter Chiefs, Feyi-Waboso originally tried to rehabilitate the injury.
Tensions have intensified between England and Exeter for the injury of Immanuel Feyi-Waboso
Feyi-Waboso has chosen to undergo shoulder surgery and the rest of the season will be lost
Exeter Chiefs frustrations were evident in a statement that described Feyi-Waboso's recovery
'However, he suffered a re -ociation in the camp of England and has now chosen to undergo surgery. Feyi-Waboso will now enter a recovery period, which is expected to be a minimum of 12-14 weeks. ''
Despite his own concerns and his alternative vision of the messy saga, which undermines the new PGP agreement of the club's country, England strives to avoid participating in a war of words with Exeter.
On the other hand, the attack coach Richard Wigglesworth explained how Feyi-Waboso suffered his “re-survey”, saying: “He came to the test because we needed to make sure that he was going to be right, so the test was done correctly.” It wasn't right, so the surgery option arrived. He was injured when he tried again.
When asked if he sympathized with a young player who had genuine prospects of the Lions, Wigglesworth added: 'Part of being a professional rugby player is that you have to deal with these things. There are not many players who obtain a soft race without the potholes and bruises. But knowing Manny as us, he will be diligent, he will return and we hope when he is.