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Elliot Daly and Andy Onyeama-Christie suffer further injury setbacks
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Internationals Elliot Daly and Andy Onyeama-Christie will play no further part in Saracens’ season after the North London club confirmed the luckless pair had suffered fractured arms in last weekend’s Champions Cup defeat to Bath.
Daly’s Lions tour ended early last summer after picking up the same injury against the Queensland Reds, while this is the third time that Scotland back-rower Onyeama-Christie has broken his arm.
Both players completed the full 80 minutes as Saracens exited the competition at the Round of 16 stage, leaving them with nothing but pride to play for in the remainder of the season.
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Onyeama-Christie, who has made 18 appearances for the North London club this season, posted an update on Instagram: “Annual injury post, 3rd time lucky with the arm. Remaining hopeful – it’ll get better.”
Messages of support have come flooding in for the popular flanker, with Scotland teammate Matt Fagerson among the many to wish him all the best. “Ironman rebuild 3.0. Got this,” said the No.8.
Sarries wing Noah Caluori said, ‘Only way’s up’, while the now-retired Brad Barritt added, “Stay positive mate, you will be back in no time.”
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Sadly, Onyeama-Christie is no stranger to the treatment room, having suffered a horrific, fractured and dislocated ankle in October 2024. “That moment was like nothing I have ever experienced before,” he said in an interview with TNT Sports.
Previously, he’d broken his arm twice in quick succession, ruling him out of the 2023 Rugby World Cup and Scotland’s 2024 summer tour.
Meanwhile, Argentinean flanker Juan Martin Gonzalez has undergone foot surgery and young prop Vilikesa Nairau has had bicep surgery.
On the positive front, Alec Clarey is now available for selection and Toby Knight has returned to training.
