Overview
- Sale director Alex Sanderson said the 21-year-old will have a routine shoulder operation in Cardiff on Friday that will sideline him for a couple of months.
- The injury followed a training contact incident that destabilised his shoulder, prompting a scan and the decision to proceed with surgery.
- Opoku-Fordjour was close to returning from an elbow injury sustained in late November before the new setback.
- With Will Stuart already unavailable, Steve Borthwick is considering recalling Trevor Davison and could promote Afolabi Fasogbon or Vilikesa Sela to the senior squad.
- Joe Heyes remains the only established tight-head option, with Sale expecting Opoku-Fordjour to be available around the end of the tournament.