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Wales flanker Dan Lydiate ruled out for the season
Ospreys and Wales flanker Dan Lydiate will miss the rest of the season with a cruciate ligament injury it has been revealed.
Lydiate suffered the injury in Wales’ 27-13 win over South Africa last weekend and was taken from the field on a stretcher during the encounter.
Initially the injury was just set to rule him out of the start of the 2017 Six Nations; however, a statement has confirmed that surgery is required and that the British and Irish Lion will be sidelined until the summer at the very earliest.
The news comes as a huge blow to Lydiate, who had only recently returned to action following a shoulder injury which ruled him out of Wales’ summer tour to New Zealand.
Wales open their Six Nations campaign away to Italy in Rome on 5 February.
Photo: Getty/Stu Forster
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