IRISH MIDFIELDER JACK Taylor is facing up to five weeks on the sidelines after picking up a hamstring injury on club duty with Peterborough United.
Taylor, who was called up to the Ireland senior squad ahead of their Nations League clash with Bulgaria, suffered the injury against Wigan last weekend.
Following an assessment, Taylor has been diagnosed with a tendon issue. It’s a massive blow for Peterborough, who are currently top of League One ahead of their clash with Burton Albion this weekend.
“Losing Jack is quite a blow for us,” Posh boss Darren Ferguson told the Peterborough Telegraph.
“He’s a very good player. He felt something in his hamstring late on against Wigan and we had him scanned on Sunday when a tendon problem was discovered.
Manager Darren Ferguson has confirmed this morning that midfielder @jackootaylor is expected to be out for up to six weeks with a hamstring injury.
— Peterborough United (@theposhofficial) March 3, 2021
Teenager Flynn Clarke has been ruled out for the season with a hip injury.
We wish both well with their recoveries. #pufc
“Something similar happened last season so we will have to dig deeper into the injury to make sure it’s not something that’s going to keep recurring.
“He’ll miss a fair chunk of the season now and probably only get back for the last five or six matches, but that’s why we have a squad and Ethan Hamilton stepped up very impressively last night and Louis Reed also did well when he went on.”
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Would love to see Adeolokun get a run out against Canada. A team of new players and maybe some returning from injury would be fantastic to see. Get Carbery, Stockdale, Ringrose and the likes some test experience.
Now that Fitz has retired he has a chance. But he will still have to get ahead of Bowe, Trimble, Kearney, Gilroy etc
Realistically he will need another strong season under his belt to be challenging for a first cap.
Be interesting to see how Adelakun and Sweetnam in Munster get on this year. One things for sure they both have bags of potential
He has elements of his game he needs to work on, for sure. But with a very limited schedule of tests over the next season, the Canada game is a chance to blood some new players. I’m sure we’ll see new faces on the tour to Japan next summer, but it’d be great to see some of these guys in camp and with some game time in November.
“Realistically” He is streets ahead as a pure 14. Not a 5 /14 as Irish rugby looks for, but as a pure winger he’s head and shoulders above.
Pete, absolutely. Let’s blood some young guys and get them as much experience as possible.