Who’s hot and who’s not: Jake Polledri’s return, Blitzboks’ Commonwealth Games win and George Ford’s injury
After being on the sidelines since November 2020, Gloucester announced that the Italy international had returned to fitness and also signed a new deal for good measure. Polledri sustained a horrendous injury which saw him suffer a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament, posterior cruciate ligament and lateral collateral ligament, as well as a fractured leg, torn calf and ruptured a hamstring off the bone – all from an innocuous slip. It was career-threatening but thankfully Polledri has recovered and is back in training. It is so good to see the powerful ball carrier return and hopefully he will be wreaking havoc soon.


