Broken leg would have been better for Tindall: Physio

The broken leg that England centre Mike Tindall was initially thought to have sustained on club duty last Saturday would have been preferable to the eventual diagnosis of ankle ligament damage, according to Bath physio Chris Mallac.

Tindall sustained the injury during Bath’s 25-14 Zurich Premiership victory over Saracens and is facing a minimum three month lay-off – and possible ankle reconstruction – which rules him out of England’s entire 2004 RBS 6 Nations campaign.