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Northampton scrum-half Mitchell suffers fresh injury blow
Key takeaways
- Alex Mitchell has suffered a second hamstring injury in the space of four months
- England and Northampton Saints scrum-half Alex Mitchell has sustained another hamstring injury which has left him doubtful for the remainder of the season.
- Mitchell injured a hamstring during England's Six Nations defeat to Ireland at Twickenham in February, and made his domestic return to action in Saints' Champions Cup defeat at Bath two months later.
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Alex Mitchell has suffered a second hamstring injury in the space of four months
England and Northampton Saints scrum-half Alex Mitchell has sustained another hamstring injury which has left him doubtful for the remainder of the season.
Mitchell injured a hamstring during England's Six Nations defeat to Ireland at Twickenham in February, and made his domestic return to action in Saints' Champions Cup defeat at Bath two months later.
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