Cornell du Preez ruled out with throat injury

Worcester Warriors' Cornell du Preez is set for a spell on the sidelines after suffering a throat injury during their 21-20 loss to Wasps on Saturday.

🚑 Injury updates from Solly:

"Cornell du Preez has a potential fractured larynx after a blow to his throat and could be out for a while.

"Jamie Shillcock had a clean up of his knee this week and is looking at six weeks out."

— Worcester Warriors ⚔️ (@WorcsWarriors) September 1, 2018

The Scotland international sustained a worrying blow to his throat after running into a tackle in Worcester Warriors’ 21-20 defeat to Wasps at Sixways on Saturday.

UPDATE: Cornell du Preez is stable and resting in hospital. Further surgery will be required to his larynx. The Club is providing full support for Cornell and his family and wishes him a speedy recovery.

— Worcester Warriors ⚔️ (@WorcsWarriors) September 2, 2018

"Cornell is stable and resting in hospital,’ Alan Solomons confirmed after the game.

"Further surgery will be required. The club is providing full support for Cornell and his family."

‘I don’t know what happened. I haven’t seen it, but something must have hit him. He is not going to fracture his larynx [without being hit].