The scary truth about the Immanuel Feyi-Waboso wonder try against Munster

England winger Immanuel Feyi-Waboso marked his return from injury by scoring a stunning try for Exeter Chiefs against Munster in their Challenge Cup victory last weekend, and he will be fully let off the leash in northern Italy on Sunday.

Feyi-Waboso was unplayable and waltzed past six Munster defenders to score a sensational first-half try on his return from a hamstring injury that he picked up before England’s disastrous Six Nations campaign.

Exeter had agreed that Feyi-Waboso would only play 50 minutes but hauled him off five minutes early. He has been cleared to play a full game against United Rugby Championship outfit Benetton, according to Chiefs boss Rob Baxter.

“Manny was right in the end stage of where England felt he was ready to play. They cleared him as fit to play, but on the basis that, if we were able, meaning if we hadn’t picked up multiple injuries before we got to that stage, we’d limit him to 50 minutes.

“We actually took him off a little bit before that because I was mindful of the fact that he hasn’t played for quite a while and he’d had quite a lot of high-speed impact in the game.

“We could leave him on for another four or five minutes here, which we’ve agreed to get to 50, but let’s get him off at 45. He gets through that with no issues at all, and that opens him up now to be declared fully fit. So, we’re fully ready to go.

“I was very happy with the England decision on how we played Manny. That was fine by me. I thought that was a very sensible decision. We probably would have limited him to a similar amount in the first game back anyway, if we could,” he said.

Baxter will be without Wallabies star Len Ikitau, who is closing in on a return from a shoulder injury he suffered in December, and England back row Ethan Roots, who is still recovering from a calf injury.

“Len is getting closer by the day. He’s running around, he’s doing quite a bit. He was doing a little bit of contact on bags and stuff yesterday, which is always a good sign. You always know guys are getting there and they’re kind of in the mix of being a week or so away. So, he’s very close,” added Baxter.