Bristol Bears director of rugby Pat Lam has voiced concerns about the 4G pitches in the Premiership having lost on-loan scrum-half Toby Venner to an ACL injury sustained while playing at Worcester’s Sixways Stadium last week.
Venner left the field just 14 minutes after coming on as a replacement and will now require surgery, following an innocuous incident in which Lam claims he simply went to step and then jarred his knee.
On a less serious note, Piers O’Conor has an ankle sprain which makes him a doubt for Friday’s Premiership visit of Wasps, the centre also sustaining the injury while attempting to change direction.
