Season over for Ben Youngs

Adam Kyriacou

Leicester Tigers and England scrum-half Ben Youngs has been ruled out for the remainder of the Premiership campaign with a shoulder injury.

Youngs suffered the injury during this year’s Six Nations and is yet to play for Tigers since returning to the East Midlands after featuring in each of England’s fixtures during the 2019 tournament.

The 29-year-old has had surgery on the shoulder this week and Tigers head coach Geordan Murphy has confirmed he will be unavailable for the remaining five fixtures of the Premiership campaign.

Leicester are currently battling to avoid relegation from the English top flight with this news a blow to their hopes of staying up.