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Steve Borthwick made six changes to his 36-man squad Nations Championship team, with star winger Immanuel Feyi-Waboso and flanker Tom Curry ruled out for the remainder of the competition.
Feyi-Waboso was wreaking havoc against Australia at the Allianz Stadium on Sunday, as England scored a record against the Wallabies. But the unfortunate Exeter man’s afternoon was cut short when he injured his ankle following an illegal knee strike by visiting prop Angus Bell.
Feyi-Waboso, who had a try denied after just 80 seconds only to be sent off for passing forward in the build-up, played until half-time before being replaced on the wing by Henry Pollock.
And now it has been confirmed that both he and Curry will not feature for England until the end of the year, with Curry injuring his hip working non-contact during training at Pennyhill Park ahead of the Australia game.
In addition to the two, Ollie Chessum (shoulder), Seb Atkinson (hip) and George Furbank (groin) have been dropped from the squad preparing for the clash Japan at the Allianz Stadium this weekend, while Archie McParland’s return to fitness sees a change in the scrum-half stocks, with Harry Randall no longer needed.
Head coach Steve Borthwick joined the game England A booster team, with two standouts participating in the team’s 59-24 victory Argentina XV at The Rec on Friday night, Noah Caluori and Max Ojomoh made the call.
Caluori scored several tries and once again showed his aerial brilliance, while Ojomoho’s distribution was superb, Bath a man also crosses a village on his own ground.
The back-row pairing of Max Hicks and Jack Cunningham come in to cover Chessum and Curry, while Tobias Elliott, who also played for England A, joins his Saracens teammate, Caluori, in the updated team.
England’s revised 36-man squad, ahead of Japan:
Strikers:
Finn Baxter (Harlequins)
Arthur Clark (Gloucester rugby)
Alex Coles (Northampton saints)
Luke Cowan-Dickie (Sale sharks)
Ben Curry (Sale Sharks)
Theo Dan (Saracens)
Ben Earl (Saracens)
Greg Fisilau (Exeter Chiefs)
Jamie George (Saracens)
Ellis Genge (Bristol bears)
Joe Heyes (Leicester tigers)
Max Hicks (Newcastle Red Bulls)
Maro Itoje (Saracens)
Emmanuel Iyogun (Northampton Saints)
Jack Keningham (Harlequins)
George Martin (Saracens)
Asher Opoku-Fordjour (Sales Sharks)
Tom Pearson (Northampton Saints)
Henry Pollock (Northampton Saints)
Will Stuart (Bath Rugby)
back:
Noah Caluori (Saracens)
Fraser Dingwall (Northampton Saints)
Tobias Elliott (Saracens)
George Ford (Sale Sharks)
Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints)
Will Joseph (Gloucester Rugby)
Joe Marchant (Sale Sharks)
Adán Murley (Harlequins)
Archie McParland (Northampton Saints)
Max Ojomoh (bath rugby)
Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs)
Finn Smith (Northampton Saints)
Marcus Smith (Harlequins)
Ben Spencer (Bath Rugby)
Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers)
Jack van Poortvliet (Leicester Tigers)
Rehabilitation: Seb Atkinson (Gloucester Rugby), Ollie Chessum (Leicester Tigers), George Furbank (Harlequins)
