England captain Owen Farrell was on Saturday ruled out of Saracens‘ Champions Cup clash with Glasgow Warriors and is set for wrist surgery.

The fly-half suffered the injury in training and withdrew from his club’s starting side, with Alex Goode moving to number 10, Liam Williams shifting to full-back while David Strettle comes on to the wing. Matt Gallagher has been brought in on the replacements bench for the game.

Farrell’s surgery will be on the base of his thumb and despite the operation, Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall is confident that his player should be fit for England’s first Six Nations game, against reigning champions Ireland, at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday, February 2.

McCall revealed that the recovery period is between seven to ten days and that Farrell should fly to Portugal for England’s training camp.

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