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Luke Cowan-Dickie injury uncertainty poses problem for England and Exeter

Uncertainty continues to hang over the World Cup prospects of the England hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie with the Rugby Football Union looking at ways to accelerate his return from an ankle and neck problems.

The 29-year-old saw a specialist on Thursday for a further assessment, but Exeter’s director of rugby, Rob Baxter, admits no one is able to say when the Cornishman will be able to resume playing.

There has been speculation in France that Cowan-Dickie’s summer move to Montpellier may be under threat for medical reasons, with the player understood to be suffering from some nerve damage in his neck. Baxter says Cowan-Dickie, who has not played since injuring his ankle against Northampton in early January, is like “a caged lion” having been forced to sit out the entire Six Nations championship.

“He is having an assessment today, which will give him some guidance, and I think he’s got another one booked in a few weeks’ time,” said Baxter. “The RFU are also investigating various things to see if there’s anything they can do to speed up his recovery because obviously they’re concerned World Cup-wise.

“Everything is being poured into it and I feel a bit sorry for the guy because he’s a bit like a live experiment for everybody. There’s nothing saying definitively here and now that he won’t be fit by the end of the season, but there’s also nothing saying definitively he will be. The issue at the moment is nerve recovery and for any kind of nerve damage that just takes time. He is like a caged lion at the moment, prowling around, trying to get on with things.”

Cowan-Dickie’s soon-to-be employers Montpellier are Exeter’s opponents in the last 16 of the Champions Cup on Sunday, but Baxter says he has heard nothing as yet from the

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