Exiles lose skipper Casey for six weeks
13 April 2012
London Irish could be without captain Bob Casey for six weeks after he had an operation on a bicep injury.
The lock was hurt playing against Bath last month and his absence is a blow to the side's play-off ambitions.
"We're hoping for a speedy recovery because he's our captain and the talisman of the team," said Exiles head coach Toby Booth.
Newcastle's John Rudd has been banned for three weeks by an RFU disciplinary panel for a dangerous tackle on Saracens' Glen Jackson in a match at Kingston Park last month.
