Boyd gives updates on injured Saints trio

Chris Boyd has confirmed that he expects prop Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi to be out for up to a year after suffering an Achilles injury at Bristol on Tuesday night.
Tom Collins is set to miss the final few matches of the seasonTom Collins is set to miss the final few matches of the season
Tom Collins is set to miss the final few matches of the season

And wing Tom Collins, who picked up a foot problem during the recent defeat to Exeter, is also set to miss the remainder of this campaign.

Nick Auterac is another currently on the sidelines after a hip injury forced him off at Bristol.

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But the loosehead prop is not set to be sidelined for quite as long.

Francois van Wyk is the only fit senior loosehead at Saints, with England Under-20s player Manny Iyogun the back-up on the bench at Leicester Tigers on Sunday.

And Boyd said: "We have four full-time loosehead props as well as Manny, who is in our Academy, so that's five props and I don't think there would be many clubs who would have more than five.

"We've got three injuries: NicK Auterac has done a hip flexor and is out for two or three weeks, Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi unfortunately snapped his Achilles tendon and he'll be out for a year or there or thereabouts, certainly most of next season, Alex Waller is coming back from an Achilles snap.

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"We've had to go into the pond and we'll promote Manny out of the Academy, but he's a highly impressive young man and has a lot of potential. He won't get it right all of the time but I expect him to be competitive."

On Collins, Boyd said: "They thought he'd broke his foot but it wasn't as bad as expected.

"But I don't expect him to play again this season.

"He should be ready to go for the start of next season."

Saints' current injury list

Nick Auterac (hip flexor)

Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi (achilles)

Alex Coles (ankle)

Tom Collins (foot)

Harry Mallinder (knee)

Ollie Sleightholme (hamstring)

Connor Tupai (wrist)

Alex Waller (achilles)

Tom Wood (pulmonary embolism)

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