England: Tom Curry to miss grudge match with Springboks, with star wing also ruled out
Immanuel Feyi-Waboso and Tom Curry have both been ruled out of this weekend's clash with the Springboks
England duo Tom Curry and Immanuel Feyi-Waboso have both been ruled out of England’s clash with South Africa next weekend, with Ted Hill and Tom Roebuck drafted into Steve Borthwick’s squad.
The pair both sustained head knocks in the 42-37 defeat to Australia yesterday, and will not be available for at least seven days.
Tom Curry and Immanuel Feyi-Waboso both ruled out of Boks clash
Flanker Curry and wing Feyi-Waboso have started both of England’s Tests this Autumn, however, it now opens up a chance for the likes of Sam Underhill, Ted Hill, Alex Dombrandt, Ollie Sleightholme or Tom Roebuck to come into the side in their place.
Hill and Roebuck have also both been involved with England squad during the Autumn Nations Series but were both released. They were also named in the England A squad to face Australia XV on 17th November.
Speaking to the media after the game, England boss Steve Borthwick confirmed Curry would not be available this weekend, after picking up his second head knock in just seven weeks.
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“I’ll be waiting for the full medical report and understand where everyone is at, but I think everyone saw the way Tom was down and he won’t be available next week.”
“I don’t have a report on Manny,” Borthwick continued. “But it didn’t look good.”
England head into the clash with the back-to-back World Champions off the back of four successive defeats, and also lost their last encounter with the Springboks in last year’s World Cup semi-final.
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Forwards: Fin Baxter, Dan Cole, Alex Coles, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Chandler Cunningham-South, Ben Curry, Theo Dan, Trevor Davison, Alex Dombrandt, Ben Earl, Charlie Ewels, Ellis Genge, Jamie George, Ted Hill, Nick Isiekwe, Maro Itoje, George Martin, Asher Opoku-Fordjour, Will Stuart, Sam Underhill
Backs: Elliot Daly, George Ford, Tommy Freeman, George Furbank, Ollie Lawrence, Alex Lozowski, Luke Northmore, Harry Randall, Tom Roebuck, Henry Slade, Ollie Sleightholme, Fin Smith, Marcus Smith, Ben Spencer, Freddie Steward, Jack van Poortvliet
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