St Helens scrum-half Luke Walsh out for four weeks following ankle surgery
Tuesday 12 May 2015 11:13, UK
St Helens scrum-half Luke Walsh is facing up to four weeks on the sidelines after undergoing surgery on his ankle.
The Australian suffered the injury during last weekends 33-26 loss to Catalans Dragons in Perpignan
The injury came just five weeks after Walsh, who is in his second season in Super League, returned to action following an eight-month lay-off with a broken leg and ankle injury.
It is the same ankle he damaged last summer, shortly before breaking his fibula in a match against Widnes, but St Helens coach Keiron Cunningham is confident he will return to action next month.
"It is a blow as we have a big block of five games coming up but we will cope and Walsh will return," he said.
Walsh, who was forced to sit out last October's Grand Final win over Wigan, also missed the first 10 matches of this season before being re-introduced from the bench and had started Saints' last three games.
