Will Stuart: England and Bath prop out for eight weeks with elbow injury
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Prop Will Stuart has been capped 25 times by England since making his debut in 2020 during the Six Nations
England and Bath prop Will Stuart will be out for at least eight weeks after dislocating his elbow in the defeat by South Africa.
Stuart came on as a half-time replacement but went down following a scrum in the final few minutes of the 27-13 loss.
The 26-year-old scored two tries to rescue a draw against New Zealand earlier in England's autumn campaign.
A statement from Bath said Stuart did not require surgery.
Stuart, who has been capped 25 times by England, played five matches for Bath this season before suffering a knee injury in their defeat by Saracens in October.
He recovered in time to be called up to the national squad by Eddie Jones for the final two matches of the Autumn Nations Series.
"It's sad for him because he's come back, done really well, got into the England set up again and now he's injured again," defence coach JP Ferreira told BBC Radio Bristol.
"He's had a bad run of injuries, hopefully this is his last."
Bath are also set to be without second rower Quinn Roux for the foreseeable future after he suffered a knee injury in the team's narrow loss to the Barbarians in a friendly on 20 November.
Roux needs surgery and is not expected to be back before the end of February.
"It certainly is not getting easier with the injuries," Ferreira added.
Sam Underhill and Ruaridh McConnochie are expected to return to the team in mid-December, while Chris Cloete is due back before the end of the year after breaking his foot in September.
However Gabriel Hamer-Webb and Mike Williams are out until at least the end of January.