Cardiff Rugby coach Corniel van Zyl has provided an injury update as the Blue & Blacks turn attention to the EPCR Challenge Cup.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Blue & Blacks take on Racing 92 in Round Three of the competition, at Cardiff Arms Park on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Speaking to the media ahead of the fixture, Van Zyl revealed Taulupe Faletau has been sidelined by a calf injury and provided updates on Ed Byrne, Theo Cabango, Corey Domachowski, Iwan Stephens and Teddy Williams.<\/p>\n
Taulupe Faletau \u2013 calf.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately, he picked up another knock \u2014 a destabilisation injury in the Ospreys game. It\u2019s his calf. We\u2019re not exactly sure how long he\u2019ll be out, but it will be a few weeks.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe might miss the start (of the Six Nations), but I\u2019m confident he\u2019ll be available at some point during the tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n
Theo Cabango \u2013 hamstring<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s progressing well in his rehab. There have been a few setbacks, but everything is going according to plan at the moment. There\u2019s no exact return date yet, but all signs are positive.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a tough period for him personally, so it\u2019s about patience and getting him back on the pitch at the right time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Iwan Stephens \u2013 knee<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were very pleased with his comeback (against Stade Francais). He\u2019s played for the RFC as well, which helped manage his load. He\u2019s been training consistently and progressing well. His attention to detail is at the level we expect, so everything there is positive.\u201d<\/p>\n
Corey Domachowski \u2013 foot<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was meant to play for RFC twice, but both games were cancelled. He\u2019s now fully training and has been available for selection over the last couple of weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n
Teddy Williams \u2013 foot<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s not back on the pitch yet, but we\u2019re confident he\u2019ll play this season. The initial timeline was around Six Nations time to start running and reintegrating, but we\u2019ll make the final call with the medical team. He\u2019s working hard and keen to return.<\/p>\n
Ed Byrne \u2013 hamstring<\/p>\n
Ed Byrne had a small setback after playing for RFC just before the New Year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cardiff Rugby coach Corniel van Zyl has provided an injury update as the Blue & Blacks turn attention…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360563,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-360562","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\/360562","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=360562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}