The Worcester Warriors are facing a uphill struggle to refill their ranks, after their most recent match against Bath cost both sides dearly, in terms of how many players returned to the dressing room in one piece.
In a fixture described as “brutal” and “bruising”, the Warriors lost their prop, Matt Mullan, and flanker, Neil Best, to injury. Mullan damaged his shoulder, while Best picked up the arguably more painful injury, a broken forearm. Worcester's Shaun Perry was subbed at half-time, but the club's coach, Richard Hill, insists that he was not hurt.
Bath and England's Lewis Moody was removed from the field, during Friday's encounter, with an injury similar to that picked up by Mullan. It was the second time that Moody had been forced from the pitch; earlier, a collision with Worcester's Marcel Garvey resulted in a blood injury for the 33-year-old.
“The two positions where we could have done without injuries was in the back row and at loose-head prop”, Hill told the BBC. “It was a brutal game [on Friday], and quite a few Bath players went down too.” Worcester were already without Ceri Jones (shoulder), George Porter (appendicitis), and Oliver Tomaszczyk (hamstring), prior to last week's clash. Even fans of online 6 Nations betting will know how bad things are.
Hill now faces a desperate race against time to find a new forward for Saturday's away fixture against Exeter, though it is unclear whether he intends to pluck a player from the reserves, or bring in entirely new blood.
The Warriors will no doubt be hoping to capitalise on last weekend's victory over Bath, when they play the southerners at Sandy Park. However, at fifth in the Aviva Premiership with four wins from nine, Exeter are in much better shape than Worcester, at second-bottom.
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Too much injuries..how are players becoming more and more susceptible to injuries?
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