Dan Cole out for the rest of the season

Dan Cole will be out for the rest of the season with a neck injury.
The England and Leicester tighthead has a bulging disc in his neck and Tigers director of rugby Richard Cockerill confirmed his star prop will take some time out in order to help out “the next ten years of his career as well as the next 50 years of his life.”
England announced on Sunday that Cole was to miss the remainder of the Six Nations but further assessment yesterday revealed he would have to sit out the next three months at least making his involvement in the New Zealand tour unlikely.
“The most important things is Dan's welfare and he will hopefully play at the start of next season,” Cockerill told the Leicester Mercury. “He saw a specialist last night and is going to have some time out of the game to let it settle. That will certainly be for a three-month period and then he will have a re-scan and see where we go from then on.
“There is a very good chance that the bulging disc will recede and then he will be able to be integrated back into training. It's disappointing for Dan first and foremost and it is bitterly disappointing for the club with all of the injury issues we have had this season.
“It will need patience from him and patience from me – something I have learned to be good at this season – but if it is three months, six months, nine months, there is no rush.
“The first thing to do is to solve the problem and solve it for the long term which is the next 10 years of his playing career and the next 50 years of his life.”