Knight out for rest of the season

PAUL Knight faces nine months out of action, but insists Cinderford haven’t seen the back of him.

The former England Counties, Sale, Gloucester and Birmingham scrum-half suffered a dislocated knee and also snapped the anterior cruciate ligament away at Redruth on February 20.

The Cinderford skipper also sustained cartilage damage.

The sickening injury happened just four minutes into the National League One match.

Knight previously pulled a hamstring in the pre-match warm-up but ruled himself fit to play.

He said: ”I don’t know if that had anything to do with it, but the injury happened when I was running with no one near me.

“It’s a bit of a nightmare but I’m determined to carry on playing. I’ll work hard during the next off-season and try and keep my head up.

“Danny Pointon and Sam Arnott (the two men most likely to replace Knight in the first-team) already know I’m coming back.

“I’ll try and stay involved but I get frustrated watching. Things were just starting to click and I was enjoying playing with Matt James.”

Knight, 33, a builder by trade, expects to be off work for around 10 days.

He has been plagued with knee injuries for several years and has already missed chunks of this season because of the problem.

Source:thisisgloucestershire