Corbisiero and Parling ruled out of Tests
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England were dealt a double injury blow yesterday when Alex Corbisiero, the Northampton loose-head prop, and Geoff Parling, the Leicester lock, were ruled out of the autumn international season because of injury.
The withdrawals might have been termed an injury crisis were it not that this is now just the norm in the modern professional rugby world.
On the same day, Andrew Sheridan, the England and Toulon prop, confirmed his retirement from the game because of injury, although getting all the way to the age of 34 suggests that he survived quite well.
Parling’s injury is a succession of con…
The withdrawals might have been termed an injury crisis were it not that this is now just the norm in the modern professional rugby world.
On the same day, Andrew Sheridan, the England and Toulon prop, confirmed his retirement from the game because of injury, although getting all the way to the age of 34 suggests that he survived quite well.
Parling’s injury is a succession of con…
