Varndell injury adds to Wasps woes
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Wasps have endured yet another injury setback with the announcement that winger Tom Varndell has been ruled out for up to 12 weeks.
Varndell requires surgery on a foot problem and could miss the rest of the campaign, with the club's final regular-season Aviva Premiership game staged on May 5.
The 25-year-old England international joins Christian Wade, Chris Bell, Tom Rees, John Hart, Joe Launchbury, James Cannon and Ross Filipo on the long-term casualty list.
Nick Robinson and Ed O'Donoghue are expected to return sooner, but Wasps have already seen Joe Worsley, Steve Thompson and Dan Ward-Smith enter injury-enforced retirement this season.
It is a further blow to a club that is struggling in the Premiership, with six successive defeats leaving them second from bottom in the table.