{"id":13086,"date":"2022-12-06T17:10:40","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T17:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=13086"},"modified":"2022-12-06T17:10:40","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T17:10:40","slug":"centre-duncan-taylor-out-for-rest-of-the-season-a-doubt-for-irelands-world-cup-opponents-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=13086","title":{"rendered":"Centre Duncan Taylor out for rest of the season, a doubt for Ireland&#8217;s World Cup opponents Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>Click Here: <a href='https:\/\/www.storeafl.com' title='AFL Football Guernsey'>AFL Football Guernsey<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SCOTLAND CENTRE DUNCAN Taylor faces a race against time to be fit for next year\u2019s World Cup after being ruled out for the season following knee surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament and posterior cruciate ligament during a Saracens reserve game against Exeter on 3 September.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old is not expected to be back until June after the operation, with only limited game-time opportunities before Scotland\u2019s World Cup opener against Ireland on 22 September in Japan.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>It is the latest setback for Taylor, who endured concussion issues last season and has also undergone two ankle surgeries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuncan is out for the season and won\u2019t be back until June,\u201d Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a huge blow. He\u2019s obviously had a poor year injury-wise. With the head injury he was never sure when he was coming back or when he was going to feel good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s cruel for one of the most popular players in the squad. It\u2019s just one of those things. We just need to support him as best as we can.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m optimistic he\u2019ll be back for the World Cup. All things going equal he\u2019ll be back in June which gives him time. I\u2019m sure he\u2019ll be in contention.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a9 AFP 2018<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The42 is on Instagram! Tap the button below on your phone to follow us!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p  >\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click Here: AFL Football Guernsey SCOTLAND CENTRE DUNCAN Taylor faces a race against time to be fit for next year\u2019s World Cup after being ruled out for the season following knee surgery. Taylor ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament and posterior cruciate ligament during a Saracens reserve game against Exeter on 3 September. The 29-year-old is &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=13086\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Centre Duncan Taylor out for rest of the season, a doubt for Ireland&#8217;s World Cup opponents Scotland&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13086\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}