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Exeter Chiefs Ollie Atkins sidelined for 3 months with injury

The 29 year old gingerly limped off the field during Exeter's Anglo Welsh cup game against Saracens on the weekend.

The Australian has undergone scans that have revealed significant damage to his knee. Rob Baxter, Exeter Chiefs Director of Rugby, says unfortunately it's a long term injury. 

"He's got a pretty significant knee injury," he told the clubs website. "It's not going to require surgery, at least that's what the initial scans show, but it is going to be one of those 8-12 week MCL ligament injuries."

Atkins has played seven times for the Premiership champions this season, having returned to fitness last month after being hurt in an Anglo-Welsh Cup match with Northampton Saints in early November.

"This is his opportunity to get in a pre-season really," added Baxter. "In any other sport you'd say two months out is your opportunity to majorly work on other areas of your physical development and of your game and that's what Ollie's got to make sure he does now.

"This is two months added to the end of his career, not two months taken away form his career."

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