Injured Exeter Centre Tua To Miss Most Of Season

Exeter centre Tamati Tua is group to miss overmuch of nan upcoming play aft suffering an Achilles tendon injury.

The 27-year-old New Zealander was wounded successful training past week and has undergone surgery.

Tua scored 2 tries successful 19 appearances for nan Chiefs past play having moved to Sandy Park from Super Rugby's Brumbies past summer.

"Timescale-wise, these types of injuries, an Achilles rupture, tin alteration but realistically we're looking astatine a six to 9 period return period," Exeter head of rugby Rob Baxter told nan nine website., external

"Everybody is disappointed for him arsenic he was having a awesome pre-season, looking successful awesome shape, truthful it's 1 of those unfortunate situations.

"The scheme is to thief him activity difficult done nan rehab play to get him backmost arsenic soon arsenic possible.

"It's our work to effort to make nan play arsenic agelong arsenic imaginable to effort to springiness him nan champion chance of playing this season."

Meanwhile England 'A' guardant Richard Capstick is apt to beryllium retired until November aft straining knee ligaments.

Capstick, who played successful each Exeter convention crippled past season, was besides wounded successful training.

"Richard's wounded happened comparatively precocious successful nan convention past week erstwhile he sewage caught awkwardly successful a tackle," Baxter said.

"His knee won't require an operation, truthful he'll beryllium conservatively managed complete a play of clip earlier being allowed to return to play."