Saints' Walmsley out for six weeks with foot injury
Alex Walmsley played in all three Ashes Tests against Australia last autumn
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St Helens and England prop Alex Walmsley is set to be out for six weeks with a foot injury.
Walmsley played with the injury in the win over Catalans Dragons on Friday, but he now faces a spell on the sidelines.
The 30-year-old does not require surgery, but needs time for rehabilitation.
"Alex will be in a boot for a little bit and will just have to take time," head coach Paul Rowley told BBC Radio Merseyside.
"If he's got a foot injury, there's a lot of weight going through it, so we'll just have to be careful."
St Helens have won two of their opening three Super League games, but Walmsley's absence will include a game at champions Hull KR later this month and the derby with Wigan Warriors on Good Friday, on 3 April.