Baxter wants England talks after Feyi-Waboso injury

Rob Baxter, the manager of Exeter, urges clubs to discuss how injured centrally-subtracted players are treated in discussions with England.

Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, 22, injured his shoulder again while training with England, making it the rest of the season for Baxter.

Feyi-Waboso dislocated his shoulder just before Christmas, so he had been ready for surgery in early January.

However, under the new Professional Game Partnership agreement, England has the final say regarding medical issues involving centrally contracted players, and delays caused by the RFU’s involvement in the injury management.

Feyi-Waboso had been receiving non-surgical care well up until last week when he injured himself.

Everyone agreed that the entire scenario regarding how things should have worked needs to be discussed following the Six Nations, according to Baxter, who spoke to BBC Sport.

According to Baxter, whether the injury required surgery or not, and that the new agreement’s first test case was challenging.

As part of England getting control of the country’s best 25 players, the RFU agreed a deal to up their funding to the 10 Premiership clubs.

He added that after two scans, an operation was scheduled to follow, which would make him fit for the time being.

Everyone can understand the various factors that contributed to some of the delays, and I believe that ultimately led to the more wise choice to pursue rehab.

The shoulder obviously needed an operation, so it ultimately doesn’t look like the wise one.

However, according to Baxter, Feyi-Waboso still had a chance to make the British and Irish Lions’ summer squad.

The medical student made the decision to play for England rather than his birthplace of Wales at the start of the current season.

He won his first cap at the Six Nations last year, and he has since won eight other tournaments, including one for England, in New Zealand.

” There often seems to be in a Lions year someone that comes in a little bit out of nowhere, they’ve either been injured or not quite broken through, “said Baxter, who saw a young Jack Nowell make the 2017 Lions tour to New Zealand.

He will be there or somewhere with a chance of getting there someday, but all we can do is work hard with him right now.