{"id":6569,"date":"2023-03-04T16:30:50","date_gmt":"2023-03-04T16:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/womens-six-nations-2023-alisha-butchers-and-donna-rose-to-miss-tournament\/"},"modified":"2023-03-04T16:30:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T16:30:51","slug":"womens-six-nations-2023-alisha-butchers-and-donna-rose-to-miss-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/womens-six-nations-2023-alisha-butchers-and-donna-rose-to-miss-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s Six Nations 2023: Alisha Butchers and Donna Rose to miss tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Alisha Butchers is on target to return at the start of next season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wales duo Alisha Butchers and Donna Rose will miss the 2023 Women’s Six Nations as they recover from long-term knee injuries.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Flanker Butchers and prop Rose both suffered anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) damage at last year’s Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Head coach Ioan Cunningham is hopeful of having second rows Gwen Crabb and Natalia John fit for the campaign. <\/span><\/p>\n

Wales begin the Six Nations by hosting Ireland on Saturday, 25 March.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rehab club<\/h3>\n

Crabb and John were injured while playing for their Premier 15s clubs in December.<\/span><\/p>\n

Crabb broke her fibula and displaced her foot after falling awkwardly in a tackle and spent four days in hospital, while John suffered a posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) injury during a warm-up.<\/span><\/p>\n

All four have been attending rehabilitation sessions at Wales’ National Centre of Excellence as part of their professional status.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Our medical team has done a great job with everyone,” Cunningham told BBC Sport Wales.<\/span><\/p>\n

“But the way we’re looking at it, we’ve got these players now who are at a very high level, but this will give opportunities for others.”<\/span><\/p>\n