Wasps flyhalf Danny Cipriani has been ruled out for six months with a fracture dislocation of his ankle and will miss England's tour of New Zealand next month, his club said in a statement yesterday.

Cipriani got caught at the bottom of a ruck after being tackled by Bath's Olly Barkley in Sunday's 21-10 English Premiership semi-final play-off win and was given oxygen on the pitch before being taken to hospital for surgery.

The 20-year-old Cipriani, who gave a man of the match display, scoring 18 points in his first full start for England against Ireland in March, would have been first choice outhalf for the two-test tour.

Newcastle flyhalf Jonny Wilkinson, who lost his place to Cipriani at the end of the Six Nations campaign, was ruled out of the tour in April, requiring shoulder surgery.

England play New Zealand in Auckland on June 14 and Christchurch on June 21 in the first tests since Martin Johnson took over as manager last month.

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