Bath Rugby flanker Francois Louw has been troubled by neck injury...

Francois Louw had been carrying "for most of my career" an undelying neck problem that forced him to have an operation in September, it has emerged.A pinched nerve caused by a slipped disk resulted in the 34-cap Springbok having an operation on September 22.The injury has forced the flanker to miss the Autumn Internationals and Louw is still unable to put a firm date on his return for Bath Rugby, although he is on course to play again in December.While the immediate cause of the injury was a..., Bath Rugby flanker Francois Louw has been troubled by neck injury...