{"id":355622,"date":"2026-01-06T18:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T18:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/355622\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T18:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T18:46:09","slug":"wales-lock-christ-tshiunza-suffers-setback-in-race-to-be-fit-for-six-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/355622\/","title":{"rendered":"Wales lock Christ Tshiunza suffers setback in race to be fit for Six Nations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Wales<\/a> lock Christ Tshiunza<\/a> appears to be in a battle to be fit for the start of the Six Nations<\/a> after a setback in his recovery from the broken foot that he suffered in Exeter Chiefs\u2019 opening game of the Gallagher PREM season.<\/p>\n

Tshiunza missed Wales\u2019 Autumn Nations Series campaign after getting injured in the 33-33 draw with Northampton<\/a> Saints at Franklin\u2019s Gardens at the end of September and was expected to be out for between 8-12 weeks.<\/p>\n

It was the second time Tshiunza, 23, had broken his foot, as he missed five months of the 2023-24 season after getting injured in a win over Sale Sharks<\/a> at Sandy Park in his first game after returning from the World Cup.<\/p>\n

The Chiefs<\/a> were confident that Tshiunza, who has only played 18 times for them since the start of last season, would be back in action this month after it was revealed that he didn\u2019t need an operation.<\/p>\n

But Chiefs boss Rob Baxter admits that he doesn\u2019t know the time scale of his expected return following his latest setback, but with Wales kicking off their Six Nations campaign against England<\/a> in a month, the clock is ticking.<\/p>\n

\u201cChrist has unfortunately picked up another foot injury. So he could be a little while out. I need to double-check with my medical team exactly where he is,\u201d Baxter told RugbyPass.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t want to say that he is out for the full Six Nations, and he then turns up fit. I couldn\u2019t give you the exact details right now. I haven\u2019t had a medical update on a few of the lads in the last week or so.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Baxter says the Chiefs won\u2019t contest the 20-minute red card received by Campbell Ridl<\/a> for taking out Henry Arundell<\/a> in the air in the third minute of Saturday\u2019s 33-26 defeat to Bath<\/a> when he appears before a disciplinary commission this evening. Bath scored 26 points without reply while the Chiefs were a man down.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe will have a suspension because we aren\u2019t going to go the disciplinary and fight it, saying it\u2019s an incorrect decision because it\u2019s not. So that means there will be a level of ban.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a really difficult skill, and he has just taken off too late, probably with the expectation of meeting the ball at the same time as the opposition, and the opposition have jumped earlier than him,\u201d added Baxter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wales lock Christ Tshiunza appears to be in a battle to be fit for the start of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":355623,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-355622","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}