Catterick picked up the injury against Loughborough Students

England Under-20 fly-half Tom Catterick will miss the IRB Junior World Championship tournament in June after picking up a shoulder injury.

The Newcastle Falcons half-back, 19, is awaiting a specialist report to determine whether he needs surgery.

Falcons coach Alan Tait said: "It's obviously a massive blow for Tom.

"He has been working incredibly hard towards this World Cup and he's got a good head on his shoulders. The next step is to get specialist advice."

He continued: "If there's a silver lining from a club point of view it is the fact that the injury has come at the very start of our off-season and he has the time to hopefully recover well.

"We'll get the best advice on the medical side of things and see how we go from there."

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