Wilkinson facing up to eight weeks out
11/09/2006 - 08:21:43England World Cup hero Jonny Wilkinson has a torn medial ligament in his right knee and will be out for four to eight weeks.
The Newcastle fly-half, injured against Worcester on Friday, has revealed the extent of his latest crisis in his column in The Times.
He said: “I‘ve gone past the stage of saying ‘Why me… why does it always happen?‘ I know some people will start thinking about what that means regarding the autumn international season. I guess it does not augur well but to be honest thoughts of England are miles away.
“I‘ve started to come to terms with my situation. I accept the injuries more quickly and rather than wasting mental energy feeling frustrated I‘m instead thinking ‘What can I do to cut down the rehab time.‘”
He added: “The injury is exactly the same as the old knee injury except it‘s the right knee this time. It's a grade two partial medial ligament tear. It took me nine weeks to come back from the last one.
“I heard quite a rigorous pop [when it happened], a noise I recognised from when I‘d injured my left knee. When I stood up I had that same loose feeling around the joint so I knew pretty much immediately what had happened.
“I knew I couldn‘t play on, I was just keen to get off the field and get it iced.”
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