article_snippet: Leicester and England are keen to build Leicester and England attacking game around Tuilagi’s forceful ball-carrying but
article_snippet: Tuilagi is a destructive figure but when Tuilagi breaks down it takes a long time for Tuilagi powerful body to heal.
article_snippet: In early December, Tuilagi club’s director of rugby, Richard Cockerill, predicted an imminent return and outlined just what Leicester and England England were missing.
article_snippet: Tuilagi has struggled with injury over the past two seasons and has only played nine Tests since 2012 .
article_snippet: Worryingly for Lancaster and Tuilagi assistants, uncertainty over Tuilagi’s ability to withstand the rigours of Tuilagi profession remains part of the problem.
article_snippet: In 2012, Tuilagi played 10 times for Tuilagi country, culminating in a devastating contribution to the record win over the All Blacks at Twickenham.
article_snippet: Since then Tuilagi has made only nine Test appearances, four of them as a replacement and one of those for the Lions on a tour where Tuilagi impact was undermined by yet another injury.
article_snippet: Despite attempts to alleviate Tuilagi condition using prolotherapy — involving injections of a sugar solution into the bone —
article_snippet: Leicester will hope Leicester best-case scenario of a return for the business end of the season ignites their Aviva Premiership title challenge, while England will want Tuilagi to join their initial World Cup training squad in June, ready to play a full, active part.
article_snippet: England head coach Stuart Lancaster has said Tuilagi will be considered at inside centre, if that is the position to fill, while Billy Twelvetrees was even shunted out to the wing in New Zealand last June.
article_snippet: Instead, if Tuilagi is eventually cleared for a comeback, there will be a maximum of three pre- tournament friendlies to reintegrate Billy Twelvetrees before the main event comes around.