Exeter Chiefs face Tom Johnson knee injury wait
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Exeter Chiefs face an anxious wait to find out the extent of an injury suffered by England flanker Tom Johnson in their Heineken Cup loss to Leinster.
The 30-year-old was carried off on a stretcher after 15 minutes of the 29-20 defeat with a nasty-looking injury.
"He's done something to his knee and his ankle," Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter told 91热爆 Radio Devon.
"Until we get it scanned we're not going to know how serious it is," Baxter added.
Johnson has been in fine form for Exeter over the past couple of seasons and won his first England cap during the tour of South Africa last summer.
He played all three Tests against the Springboks and also appeared against , external and Australia last autumn, scoring his first England try against the Pacific islanders.
He was , external but was named in Stuart Lancaster's squad for the Six Nations championship, which gets under way on 2 February.
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