Manu Tuilagi Injury History
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With Tuilagi set for another lengthy spell on the sidelines, we take a look at his previous injury record.
This current setback is a cruel blow for the England centre, whose career has been ravaged by injury since 2003.
February 2012: Missed two 6 Nations games with a hamstring problem.
September 2013: Out for six months after tearing a pectoral muscle in a Premiership match against Newcastle. Missing all but one game of the 2014 Six Nations Tournament.
September 2014: Injures groin in second league game of the season. Misses three games.
October 2014: Out for 15 months after a recurrence of groin injury in Champions Cup match against Ulster.
April 2016: Injures knee in Champions Cup semi-final defeat by Racing 92.
May 2016: On his first game back, injures groin in Premiership semi-final against Saracens. Misses England's tour of Australia.
September 2016: Damages groin in Tigers’ season opener, out for 2 months. Makes his return in a win over Bristol on 25th November.
January 2017: Injures right knee and tweaks his medial ligament just 7 minutes into Premiership game against Saracens, damages cruciate knee ligament and out for at least 6 months.
The Samoan-born centre is now ruled out of contention for the upcoming Six Nations campaign and British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand.
A bitter blow to Eddie Jones' plans as Tuilagi had been included in the initial 33-man Six Nations squad to attend a two-day training camp this month.
Take a look at some of his best bits below!
Gutted to hear that Manu is out for the rest of the season. Would love to see him back to his rampaging best! #AvivaPrem #ManuTuilagi pic.twitter.com/lwgU0CWqqC
— Fantasy Rugby UK (@fanpremrugby) January 4, 2017
22 metres out...Manu Tuilagi gets the ball...odds on bet! #trytime #leicestertigers pic.twitter.com/ULUP3rptRa
— EatSleepRugby (@eatsleeprugby) April 5, 2016
