Leicester’s Ben Youngs: ‘It definitely feels like I dodged a bullet’

England scrum-half is delighted to have avoided knee surgery and to be fit for a comeback in Saturday’s game against NorthamptonIf the enduring image of England’s opening Six Nations victory in Italy was a quartet of Exeter players deep in celebration, oblivious to the downward spiral that was to follow, then the lingering sound was unmistakably that of Ben Youngs crying out in pain.Youngs’ tournament lasted only 10 minutes before suffering a knee injury which at the time looked likely to end his season, possibly even his chances of touring South Africa. The shriek of agony said as much and E…