Efforts to get Gavin Henson into contention for a place against Leicester in the EDF Energy Cup Final today ended when his knee adversely reacted to a running session.
Efforts to get Gavin Henson into contention for a place against Leicester in the EDF Energy Cup Final today ended when his knee adversely reacted to a running session.
Gavin has a posterior cruciate ligament injury. Generally the prognosis for such an injury involves a recovery period of up three months, but until this morning our medical team had been hopeful that this period could have been significantly reduced. We now anticipate that Gavin will have to undergo a further six to eight weeks rehabilitation period
Comment from Ospreys Physio, Brian Downey: "This effectively rules Gavin out for the remainder of this season. He has made a massive effort to get himself available for the EDF final, but as is often the case with this type of injury there is no substitute for prolonged physiotherapy. Our focus will now be on getting Gavin back to fitness as soon as possible but as it is likely to take six to eight weeks his Ospreys season looks to have ended."