{"id":297111,"date":"2023-11-22T01:24:37","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T01:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=297111"},"modified":"2023-11-22T01:24:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T01:24:37","slug":"england-forward-ben-earl-ruled-for-up-to-eight-weeks-following-knee-op","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/rugby-union\/england-forward-ben-earl-ruled-for-up-to-eight-weeks-following-knee-op\/","title":{"rendered":"England forward Ben Earl ruled for up to eight weeks following knee op"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>England forward Ben Earl ruled for up to eight weeks following knee op, but Saracens expect back-rower to be available for Six Nations<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ben Earl\u00a0was one of the star performers for England at the World Cup\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The forward was injured in warm-up before Saracens&#8217; win over Harlequins<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Saracens centre Alex Lozowski\u00a0suffered an ACL injury in Saturday&#8217;s game<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ben Earl will be out for six to eight weeks after undergoing knee surgery but should be back in action in time to feature for England in the 2024 Six Nations.<\/p>\n<p>The Saracens back-row was one of the star performers for Steve Borthwick\u2019s national side at the World Cup in France, helping his team to a surprise third-place finish.<\/p>\n<p>Earl was injured in the warm-up of Saracens\u2019 win over London rivals Harlequins on Saturday but his club are relieved his lay-off won\u2019t be as bad as first feared.<\/p>\n<p>Saracens have lost centre Alex Lozowski to a long period on the sidelines after he suffered an anterior cruciate knee ligament injury against Harlequins.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Ben had a minor knee procedure this morning. It was his medial meniscus,\u2019 said Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/22\/00\/78075835-0-Ben_Earl_will_also_be_out_of_action_for_up_to_eight_weeks_after_-a-46_1700612417815.jpg\" height=\"439\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ben Earl will also be out of action for up to eight weeks after undergoing surgery on his knee<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We anticipate he\u2019ll be out for between six to eight weeks. I think overall it would be a good result. I think he will be playing in the month of January.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018There are three or four games in the month of January so that would be ample time for Ben to get in (for the Six Nations).<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He\u2019s had a busy time with a lot of minutes in August, September and October, so to have a six-week period not playing rugby might actually be good for him in the long run.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Unfortunately, Alex had an ACL injury at the weekend and he\u2019ll be out for a lot longer. Alex will have an operation next Wednesday. It\u2019s a real shame for him but it\u2019s better news on Ben.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/22\/00\/78089099-0-image-a-54_1700612536445.jpg\" height=\"393\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Saracens back Elliot Daly is back in full training after pulling up before the Harlequins game<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He (Lozowski) has been such a reliable good player for us since he arrived.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I can\u2019t remember the last time he was injured to be honest. To get an injury is never easy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018As far as I know it\u2019s as clean an ACL injury as you can get which can impact how quickly you come back.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Another England and Saracens player in Elliot Daly is back in full training after he pulled out of the Harlequins game as a precaution.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-12777779\/England-forward-Ben-Earl-ruled-eight-weeks-following-knee-op-Saracens-expect-rower-available-Six-Nations.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England forward Ben Earl ruled for up to eight weeks following knee op, but Saracens expect back-rower to be available for Six Nations Ben Earl\u00a0was one of the star performers for England at the World Cup\u00a0 The forward was injured in warm-up before Saracens&#8217; win over Harlequins Saracens centre Alex Lozowski\u00a0suffered an ACL injury in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297110,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>England forward Ben Earl ruled for up to eight weeks following knee op - Sports Life Tale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/rugby-union\/england-forward-ben-earl-ruled-for-up-to-eight-weeks-following-knee-op\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"England forward Ben Earl ruled for up to eight weeks following knee op - Sports Life Tale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"England forward Ben Earl ruled for up to eight weeks following knee op, but Saracens expect back-rower to be available for Six Nations Ben Earl\u00a0was one of the star performers for England at the World Cup\u00a0 The forward was injured in warm-up before Saracens&#8217; 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