The Saracens will have to wait nervously to find out the extent of Captain Owen Farrell’s ankle injury.
The Saracens will have to wait nervously to find out the extent of captain Owen Farrell’s ankle injury after the Englishman limped in the Harlequins win, but hope he will be ready to challenge for the title at the end of the season.
Farrell aggravated the injury that threatened his participation in the Six Nations final. He appeared to graze his ankle before he limped with 10 minutes to go.
The Saracens are hoping captain Owen Farrell can lead the fight for the Premier League and European Cup titles at the end of the season.
The 31-year-old striker, club and international skipper, was limping 10 minutes into the league leaders’ 36-24 victory over London’s Harlequins at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium last Saturday.
Farrell appeared to have twisted his left ankle, which caused him obvious pain, and it was revealed that he aggravated the injury that had threatened his participation in the Six Nations final against Ireland in Dublin seven days earlier.
England courted him during that week with a reduced training load and the use of protective shoes to enable him to play at the Aviva Stadium after he suffered what Saracen rugby director Mark McCall later explained was “a strain first class.” .
This setback came against France in which the national team suffered a record 53-10 defeat at Twickenham.
The Saracens hope that Captain Owen Farrell (left) will live up to their title.
Farrell limped 10 minutes ahead of time during his team’s victory over the Harlequins on Saturday.
He aggravated an injury that threatened to rule him out of England’s Six Nations final.
Farrell missed fall Testing and the entire 2022 Six Nations with consecutive ankle injuries, and now this latest episode has cast doubt on his participation for the remainder of the season. However, while an official update is not expected until tomorrow, sources told Sportsmail that the playmaker’s condition is “not serious” and any layoff is likely to be “very short term.”
Doubt remains at this stage as to whether Farrell can take on the Ospreys at StoneX Stadium on Sunday in the round of 16 of the Champions Cup. But if his club’s optimism is justified, he could bounce back for a potential quarter-final clash with La Rochelle title holders Atlantic next weekend; on the condition that the Saracens see off the dangerous Welsh opposition first and Ronan O’Gar’s team defeat Gloucester.
McCall is looking to get his captain back soon as the north London club continue to challenge for coveted domestic and international trophies.
In the event that he is sidelined for a few weeks, the Saracens will likely return veteran quarterback Alex Good to 10th place, where he has substituted and excelled so many times in recent years.
The club are optimistic, although the extent of the injury has not yet been reported.
Veteran defenseman Alex Good is likely to play at number 10 if Farrell is ruled out for a while.
