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The injury is involving the medial ligament of the left knee, which was injured before, and Wilkinson is now awaiting comparisons to be made between the old and the new injury scans, which will need to take a few days to allow the symptoms to die down before assessing exactly where he stands.
Newcastle Falcons director of rugby, Rob Andrew, said: "An injury is never good news, but this could have been so much worse, so there is some sense of relief.
"Jonny has shown in recent years that he has the strength of character to get over a blow such as this, and I am sure he will return stronger than ever, such is his amazing determination.
"We won't be making any comments at this stage as to when Jonny might return, but we are just thankful that there is no damage to his anterior cruciate ligament, which would have meant a much longer period out of the game."
