Saints wait on Graham injury prognosis

Sam Graham is carried off at Mattioli Woods Welford Road

Northampton Saints are waiting to find out the full extent of the knee injury suffered by Sam Graham in their East Midlands derby defeat at Leicester.

The number eight received treatment on the pitch before being carried off on a stretcher following a tackle by Tommy Reffell.

Graham earlier had a try disallowed for a knock-on, and the game ended 24-8 in Leicester's favour.

In a post on Instagram, Graham thanked everyone for messages of support and said: "I will be back out there in no time."

How long the road to recovery might be, however, has not yet been confirmed by the club.

Graham has scored seven tries in 52 games for Saints since arriving from Doncaster Knights ahead of the 2022-23 season and helped them win the Premiership title last term.

Speaking following the Leicester game, director of rugby Phil Dowson told BBC Radio Northampton: "He's clearly very down and in a lot of pain.

"That's part of the game, and not a nice part of the game. He's been so good for us, we need to make sure we look after him and get him up and running again as quickly as possible."