Rugby-England call up duo as more injury changes made to squad ahead of Fiji clash


July 7 (Reuters) - ⁠England have called ⁠up prop Emmanuel Iyogun ‌and loose forward Chandler Cunningham-South for Saturday's Nations Championship game ​against Fiji in Liverpool ⁠at the ⁠Hill Dickinson Stadium in Liverpool.

Uncapped ⁠Iyogun ‌replaces Beno Obano and Cunningham-South ⁠comes in for Cadan Murley, ​both ‌of whom were hurt ⁠in Saturday’s ​45-21 loss to South Africa in Johannesburg.

England ⁠added wing Tom Roebuck ​to their squad on Monday after fullback George Furbank ⁠was ruled out with appendicitis.

They will travel to Argentina for their third ​fixture in ⁠this year’s inaugural Nations ​Championship, a test ‌on July 18.

(Reporting ​by Nick Said; Editing by Hugh Lawson)

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