Fiji's Tuisova set for surgery and long spell out after injury against England
Fiji and Racing 92 centre Josua Tuisova is set to be out for “several months” after picking up an injury to his left knee against England on Sunday in the World Cup quarter-final at the Stade Velodrome in Marseille.
The 29-year-old is set to undergo surgery in the coming days, which will delay his debut for his new club having joined them from Lyon over the summer.
The Parisian club were not afraid to point the finger of blame and England flanker Tom Curry in a statement this week, where they accused the openside of injuring their centre with a “violent tackle” in the first-half of their knockout encounter. Tuisova battled on throughout the match though, eventually being substituted with ten minutes remaining as Fiji came away 30-24 losers.
A Racing 92 statement reads (translated on Google): “Josua Tuisova, Fijian center for Racing 92, suffers from a serious left knee sprain requiring surgery in the coming days. This injury will keep him away from the field for several months.
“Racing 92 wishes Josua Tuisova a speedy recovery and shows him all its support during this period.”
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The weather was dreadful but the playing surface was great so there is no real excuse for such another poor standard of play from both sides. Dragons just the better team. But, what a shocking decision by the TMO not to award the Fifita try. This pretty much sums up Welsh rugby with poor teams and poor officials. The WRU have a lot of work to do and it needs to be done quickly to avoid rugby being lost to our future generations.
Go to commentsNo chance of Borthwick selecting any young talent. He announced his selection policy from the outset with naming a poor OF as Captain, retaining an equally poor Youngs and Vunipola brothers when there were many better EQP in the Premiership. SB revival of Leicester was based on SA muscle and a terrific Welsh flanker he has generally ignored young English talent.
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