Leicester Tigers lock Cameron Henderson out for rest of the season after sustaining knee injury

Leicester Tigers have suffered a major blow after Cameron Henderson was ruled out for the rest of the 2023/24 season with a knee injury.

The Scotland international has been a key figure for Tigers so far this term, starting all seven of their Gallagher Premiership Rugby matches.

But he will require surgery on his knee after sustaining an injury that forced him off during Sunday’s Investec Champions Cup win over the DHL Stormers.

“Subsequent scans confirmed the Scottish international will require surgery and will miss the remainder of Leicester’s campaign,” said a note on the Tigers website.

It is the second time in the 23-year-old’s young career that he has been sidelined with a serious knee problem, after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament in October 2021.

The blow also ends Henderson’s chances of a Scotland call-up for the 2024 Six Nations, after missing out on Gregor Townsend’s squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup.

The Tigers earned a superb 35-26 comeback win over South Africa’s Stormers to kick off their European campaign in style.

Leicester are in the so-called "pool of death" and face Stade Francais away on Sunday in their second Pool 4 match.

They also share the section with 2022-23 Premiership runners-up Sale Sharks and the finalists from the last two Champions Cup campaigns, back-to-back champions La Rochelle and Irish giants Leinster.

Dan McKellar’s side head to France on a four-match winning run, having beaten Northampton Saints, Gloucester and Newcastle Falcons in the Premiership before their opening Champions Cup win.

The 2021-22 Premiership champions are seventh in the league standings, but only seven points separates them from leaders Sale.

Leicester travel to Exeter Chiefs on Saturday, December 23 before hosting Bath on Sunday, December 31.

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