The 28-year-old will miss England’s remaining two Six Nations matches against Ireland and France; his club director of rugby Rob Baxter says it is a “pretty significant injury” and that the forward could be out for the rest of the season
Last Updated: 03/03/22 11:10am
Luke Cowan-Dickie suffered a knee injury against Wales
Luke Cowan-Dickie has been ruled out of the rest of England’s Six Nations campaign due to a knee injury.
The Exeter Chiefs hooker could actually be out for the rest of the season, as a result of the damage he sustained during the first half of England’s 23-19 victory of Wales at Twickenham Stadium.”It’s a pretty significant injury,” Rob Baxter, Exeter Chiefs’ director of rugby said. “It’s knee ligament and a bit of cartilage damage. “There’s further assessment going on but he’s definitely going to be out for a significant period of time, possibly the rest of the season.”The injury to Cowan-Dickie marks a difficult ending to his Six Nations Championship, one that started with a significant error against Scotland on the opening weekend.With England leading 17-10, Cowan-Dickie was given a yellow card for an intentional knock-on after batting a Finn Russell kick into touch.The forward took to social media to apologise after and bounced back well against both Italy and Wales, before suffering his injury. Six Nations Championship – Fixtures Round Four March 11 …