Exeter back Wyatt suffers fresh knee injury blow
Highly-rated Exeter back Tommy Wyatt will not play until 2026 after suffering a serious knee injury.The 25-year-old ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during the final game of the season at home to Sale.Wyatt had only returned from a similar injury in his other knee in November which saw him miss much of 2024.The versatile back - who can play on the wing or at full-back - scored 10 tries in 19 appearances in all competitions this season.Wyatt will undergo surgery in the near future and Exeter expect him to be out for between six and nine months."Everyone is gutted for Tommy," director of rugby Rob Baxter told the club website., external"He worked extremely hard to come back from last season's injury and was beginning to really break through again in our most recent games."From what we've been told from our medical contacts, this is an injury that Tommy was more structurally predisposed to suffering, having already injured his other ACL."The only slight positive we can take from this situation is that once he completes this latest period of rehabilitation, Tommy will be even stronger."We know he'll work extremely hard to get back fit. Everyone is helping to ensure he remains in good spirits, and we'll all do what we can to try to get him moving forward in his recovery as soon as possible."
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