Sheridan crocked
19 Oct 2009
England have suffered yet another injury blow with Andrew Sheridan ruled out for the next four months.
A scrum collapsed during Sale’s European Cup victory over Cardiff and the England loosehead required oxygen treatment. On Monday it was confirmed a shoulder injury will sideline him for the November Tests and the start of the Six Nations.
England will be without two of their front rankers for the Twickenham Tests against Argentina, Australia and New Zealand in November after Bath’s Lee Mears sustained a knee ligament injury in the European Cup.
Sheridan is likely to be available for England’s third Six Nations match against Ireland on 27 February.
England are also currently missing Danny Cipriani (fractured fibia), Toby Flood (knee), Simon Shaw (toe), Delon Armitage (shoulder) and Riki Flutey (shoulder).
18 Comments
19 Oct 2009, 15:06 pm
marshmallow dragon
19 Oct 2009, 15:51 pm
john smit will breathe a sigh of relief
19 Oct 2009, 15:54 pm
BH will be devastated
19 Oct 2009, 16:18 pm
Same old, same old. Clubs are running the players into the ground.
19 Oct 2009, 16:39 pm
wont matter as long as jonny wilkinson stays injury free ..
19 Oct 2009, 17:04 pm
****. Again England will not be 100% strong and some blokes will use it as an excuse for defeat.
19 Oct 2009, 17:05 pm
#3 grant10: Not at all. BH already have an excuse.
19 Oct 2009, 18:31 pm
#4 Big Hit:
This was only Sheridans 4th game of the season for Sale. He’d been rested for the previous match, away to Toulouse. Furthermore he’d had 9-10 weeks break since last playing in Lions 3rd Test (early July).
Why was Sheridan rested for the big match vs Toulouse ? Solely because of the new England Agreement in force from this 09/10 season which limits gametime for International squad members over specifically listed match schedules. Even Johnson was lauding that Agreement ealier last week saying his Eng players would be “fresh” because of it.
Its fair to say that Johnnos lack of whinging means his England qualification should be immediately questioned. Yours, however, should not.
20 Oct 2009, 00:11 am
Wetty…
20 Oct 2009, 04:43 am
#8 GrantsBatty: Since you’re interested, the injury list reads as follows,
Lee Mears – knee ligaments – December
Andy Sheridan – dislocated shoulder – February
Delon Armitage – dislocated shoulder – January
Ricky Flutey – AC joint – December
Simon Shaw – toe – indeterminate
Toby Flood – knee injury – late November
Danny Cipriani – fractured fibia – December
Tom Rees – shoulder injury – January
Rob Webber – leg injury – late November
Jordan Turner-Hall – shoulder injury – December
Harry Ellis – knee injury – indeterminate
Olly Barkley – broken leg – late November
Luke Narraway – back injury – January
Cover props currently injured, Matthew Mullan, Alex Corbisiero, Nick Wood, Dan Cole, Jason Hobson and of course Stevens got himself banned.
Other players carrying injuries at present include Joe Worsley, Mike Tindall, Iain Balshaw, Sam Vesty, Olly Morgan and Topsy Ojo.
20 Oct 2009, 04:57 am
#1 Springbok: hardly marshmallow, ask naka
Andrew Sheridan, meanwhile, was happy to shrug off personal accolades after his Herculean effort helped keep the Lions’ unbeaten tour record intact.
The England prop won unstinting praise from Cheetahs coach Naka Drotske, who felt his scrummaging prowess will set alarm bells ringing in the home camp.
“Andrew Sheridan is one of, if not the most powerful loosehead prop in the world,” said former South African Test hooker Drotske. “We expected him to cause us a lot of problems, and he did.
“I suspect the Springboks will be expecting him to give them problems as well. He is a tremendous power in the scrum.”
20 Oct 2009, 09:33 am
#11 Big Hit: Hehehhehehehe and Naka is a flanker that moved to hooker
If you believe what Naka says then surely you believe that the earth is flat
Bwwhahahaha!
20 Oct 2009, 09:34 am
#12 JL1: One more thing, Naka was understudy to one of the worst hookers in SA, James Dalton
So second best to the third best if you like
20 Oct 2009, 10:11 am
Who will punch Andries Bekker in the nuts now?
20 Oct 2009, 11:10 am
#10 Big Hit:
the ABs had that many locks out this year.
Atleast half of those players arent in England contention, why not list injured schoolboys as well ? Actually, you probably have.
Powderpuff Poms just cant hack it. Overpaid, not overplayed.
20 Oct 2009, 13:53 pm
#15 GrantsBatty: who isn’t in contention? Also Vickery has just been ruled out injured.
They’re overplayed. And we can hack into a World Cup final unlike your boys who can’t make it past the QF.
20 Oct 2009, 13:55 pm
#12 JL1: Naka’s team is in the final, stop hating.
20 Oct 2009, 14:03 pm
#15 GrantsBatty: and the ABs had one of their starting locks, so it was just a matter of replacing the other big goofy one Ali Williams.
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