England prop Marler set to be out until October

Harlequins prop Joe Marler will miss nan commencement of nan Premiership play because of a surgery ft sustained during England's summertime tour.

Marler was replaced aft 17 minutes of England's 16-15 nonaccomplishment to New Zealand connected 6 July, nan opening Test successful a 2-0 bid defeat.

The 34-year-old was wearing a protective footwear connected his near ft during Quins' unfastened training convention connected Wednesday and caput coach Danny Wilson says nan seasoned prop will beryllium unavailable until October.

"It's going to beryllium a 12-14 week injury, it's not a 12-weeker wherever he tin travel backmost successful nine. It's an wounded that will return that magnitude of time," Wilson said.

"That astatine nan infinitesimal hasn't changed, but I request to get to nan bottommost of it from today's appraisal because he's had a spot much appraisal today."

Quins statesman their Premiership run distant astatine Sale Sharks connected 22 September.

England caput coach Steve Borthwick, meanwhile, is group to sanction his training squad successful October.

Borthwick's broadside statesman their autumn schedule against nan All Blacks connected 2 November, which could time off Marler small clip to beryllium his fitness.