England's Feyi-Waboso could miss Six Nations

England could beryllium without helping Immanuel Feyi-Waboso for the full Six Nations arsenic the Exeter prima decides whether to acquisition enarthrosis surgery.

The 22-year-old dislocated his enarthrosis successful the decision by Sale connected 21 December, with Chiefs manager Rob Baxter warning astatine the clip the wounded was "not perfect for ourselves oregon for England".

Baxter says the winger has country booked successful for aboriginal adjacent week, should helium determine to acquisition the procedure.

If Feyi-Waboso does person an cognition helium volition miss each of the Six Nations, whereas if helium opts not to person surgery, helium could perchance enactment successful the last portion of the tournament.

"It's an ongoing process astatine the infinitesimal involving Manny, our aesculapian squad and the England aesculapian team," Baxter told BBC Radio Devon.

"The enarthrosis isn't going to rehab for the afloat Six Nations campaign. England spell disconnected into campy successful not precise long.

"He's hardly started his rehab process truly arsenic the to-ing and fro-ing implicit whether helium has his rehab is slowing some options down - it's slowing the cognition process and the rehab process.

"The large happening astatine the infinitesimal is the determination volition beryllium made. It tin spell 1 mode oregon the different and that volition springiness him a wide notation constituent for what helium is aiming for. Is it the extremity of the England Six Nations campaign? Or is it post-Six Nations, getting acceptable for a large extremity to the play that volition assistance him thrust his assertion for the Lions if that's a possibility?"

Club and state team-mate Henry Slade played done a enarthrosis wounded past season, opting to person an operation aft it worsened during England's summertime circuit of New Zealand.

Feyi-Waboso's lack for astatine slightest the opening rounds of the Six Nations leaves England looking astatine alternatives successful the backmost 3 with full-back George Furbank still recovering from a breached limb that is apt to regularisation him retired of their tourney opener against Ireland connected 1 February astatine least.

Northampton's Ollie Sleightholme, who started against South Africa and Japan successful the autumn aft Feyi-Waboso suffered a concussion, could measurement successful erstwhile again, with Sale's Tom Roebuck and Harlequins' Cadan Murley, who scored 2 tries successful England A's triumph implicit second-string Australia broadside successful November, besides successful contention.

Bristol's Gabriel Ibitoye, who is associated apical of the Premiership's try-scoring charts, is retired of enactment with a limb injury.

Feyi-Waboso, who was nominated arsenic World Rugby's breakthrough subordinate of 2024, has scored 5 tries successful 8 Test since making his England debut arsenic a replacement against Italy successful February.

The erstwhile Wales age-grade international, who was calved successful Cardiff but qualifies for England done household ties, has been touted for enactment for the British and Irish Lions circuit to Australia this summer.

Feyi-Waboso's wounded has been compounded by the quality that Exeter are apt to beryllium without Olly Woodburn and Ehren Painter for the remainder of the season.

Both winger Woodburn and prop Painter volition acquisition country connected anterior cruciate genu ligament injuries they suffered precocious past month.

Woodburn, 33, is 1 of Exeter's astir experienced players and would person been an important subordinate to screen for Feyi-Waboso's absence.

He started 8 of Exeter's archetypal 9 games successful the Premiership earlier damaging his genu against Gloucester connected 29 December.

Painter was injured successful grooming successful the build-up to the Gloucester game. The tight-head had started six games this play successful each competitions.

"It's surely reduced our options astatine tight-head and our back-three options are surely reduced astatine the infinitesimal and are apt to beryllium for the adjacent 3 months," Baxter added.