Manu Tuilagi ruled out for rest of season
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Manu Tuilagi is expected to miss the remainder of the domestic season through injury, according to Leicester Tigers director of rugby Richard Cockerill.
Tigers and England centre Tuilagi has not featured since he suffered a groin injury in early October and Cockerill is not expecting the 23-year-old back anytime soon.
However, the Tigers boss believes Tuilagi could be fit in time for England's World Cup warm-up fixtures this summer, where he hopes to see the player fight it out for a place in Stuart Lancaster's final squad.
"He's improving all the time but it's a long process," Cocker…
Tigers and England centre Tuilagi has not featured since he suffered a groin injury in early October and Cockerill is not expecting the 23-year-old back anytime soon.
However, the Tigers boss believes Tuilagi could be fit in time for England's World Cup warm-up fixtures this summer, where he hopes to see the player fight it out for a place in Stuart Lancaster's final squad.
"He's improving all the time but it's a long process," Cocker…
