Saracens and England lock Nick Isiekwe will make his comeback after 5 months out in Friday’s Premiership journey to London Irish.
Isiekwe, 24, has not performed since England’s tour to Australia in July after needing surgical procedure on a unspecified challenge in September.
On the time, Isiekwe was anticipated to be out of motion for “a number of months”.
His final sport for Sarries was their Premiership final defeat by Leicester Tigers in June.
Isiekwe, who got here by the Saracens academy and has made greater than 100 appearances for the membership, stated he was “extremely excited” to be again.
He additionally thanked “everybody concerned” in his route again to health saying that they had “saved him sturdy all through”.
Isiekwe will begin on the Gtech Neighborhood Stadium for the Premiership leaders, who’re with out the suspended duo Alec Clarey and Alex Losowski, as they give the impression of being to notch a tenth league win in a row.