ইংল্যান্ডের flanker Sam Underfield এই autumnে Nations Championship থেকে বাইছেন কারণ তিনি Bath-এর উদ্বোধন Premiership গেমে Harlequinsের বিরুদ্ধে তার বাহুতে rupturing করেছেন। Underfield The Stoop বিজয়ির 48মিনিটে বাইছিল এবং খেলের শেষে বাহুতে straps-around দেখে পায়, যা এই সপ্তাহের পরে সার্জারি প্রয়োজন হবে।

Bath expects the 30-year-old to be out until December or January, meaning he will miss a large portion of the domestic season as well as England's three internationals against Australia, Japan and New Zealand in November.

Bath head of rugby Johann van Graan said he knew straight away the injury was serious, which was why he went immediately over to Underfield when he came off the pitch. "There are a few types of injuries where I just want to know straight away because I know the impact that it has longer term and I always feel for the players, so that's why I went straight down," Van Graan told BBC Radio Somerset. "At the time I thought, we need to wait for a scan but this could be a biceps rupture. The scan turned out to be exactly that. He will get operated on on Thursday, that's a few months out of the game - not ideal from Sam's point of view."