Exeter's Jenkins to miss Premiership start after surgery

Wales fastener Dafydd Jenkins will miss nan commencement of nan 2024-25 Premiership play for Exeter Chiefs aft having room connected his knee and shoulder.

The 21-year-old Exeter skipper picked up nan knee wounded while connected world work pinch Wales this summertime successful Australia and has been suffering from a sore enarthrosis rotator cuff injury.

Chiefs head of rugby Rob Baxter said nan timescale for his skipper's return is "a small spot fluid".

"We’ve sewage to spot successful nan early first play of his rehab wherever he’ll get to," Baxter said.

"Both nan nine and Wales consciousness now is nan correct clip to person them some addressed."

Jenkins played 20 games for Exeter past play arsenic good arsenic 7 appearances for Wales this year.

"He’s a young man who has played a batch of rugby for some Chiefs and Wales, truthful it’s important that he gets them sorted decently now truthful that he has that extended play of rehab to get himself backmost fresh and fresh for what everyone knows is going to beryllium a very bully career," Baxter said. , external

Jenkins joins England centre Henry Slade connected nan unavailable database for Exeter erstwhile nan caller play begins, aft he besides underwent enarthrosis surgery.

The Chiefs commencement their Premiership run astatine location to Leicester Tigers connected Saturday, 21 September.