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Bristol confident Henson will return from broken fibula
ESPN Staff
May 22, 2015
Gavin Henson looks on
Gavin Henson looks on© Dan Mullan/Getty Images

Bristol are confident they will see Gavin Henson run out next season despite his injury setback on Wednesday evening.

Henson broke his fibula in the first leg of Bristol's Championship play-off final against Worcester and aged 33, there were fears it might be the final time rugby saw the mercurial Welsh back. But Bristol coach Sean Holley is confident Henson will be back next season.

"He'll be back for the early part of pre-season... Gav's really in great shape, he keeps himself in supreme physical condition," Holley told the BBC. "So I would imagine we'll see a lot more of him yet. Obviously he's really despondent, he wanted to play a huge part in next week but he's got a broken fibula."

Holley added: "He was pretty distressed [Wednesday] night; it was a horrible challenge, got his foot caught and big Mike Williams - the second row from Worcester - his full weight went through it," Holley told BBC Wales' Scrum V Radio programme.

"He'll be a minimum of three to four weeks in a cast and then you're talking six weeks to heal. It's the end of the season, so you're talking most of Gavin's free time where he should be on a beach will be spent on crutches."

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