Rugby-Injury-ridden England make six changes in training squad


Rugby Union - Nations Championship - England v Australia - Allianz Stadium, Twickenham, Britain - November 8, 2026 England's Immanuel Feyi-Waboso scores their first try Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs

Nov 9 (Reuters) - England's injury ⁠woes deepened with knocks to Immanuel Feyi-Waboso and Seb Atkinson ⁠in Sunday's record win over Australia and coach Steve Borthwick ‌has made six changes to his 36-man training squad ahead of this weekend's Japan test.

• Ollie Chessum and George Furbank are also set to miss Saturday's match in ​London, prompting Borthwick to call up Noah ⁠Caluori and Max Ojomoh from ⁠the England A squad for the Nations Championship clash

• Wing Feyi-Waboso, a ⁠standout ‌performer in Sunday's win, suffered a right ankle injury from a hip-drop tackle by Australia's Angus Bell and will ⁠miss the rest of the tournament, British media reports ​said

• Flanker Tom ‌Curry, who had missed the Australia test with a hip ⁠injury, is also ​out of the remaining Nations Championship matches

• Centre Atkinson will go into rehabilitation after suffering a hip injury in the 64th minute, England Rugby ⁠said on Monday

• Scrum-half ArchieMcParland has recovered ​from a calf issue and replaced Harry Randall in the squad

• England sit second in the Northern Hemisphere table, two points below France, with ⁠two group matches left

England training squad:

Forwards- Fin Baxter, Arthur Clark, Alex Coles, LukeCowan-Dickie, Ben Curry, Theo Dan, Ben Earl, Greg Fisilau, Jamie George, Ellis Genge, Joe Heyes, Max Hicks, Maro Itoje, Emmanuel Iyogun, Jack ​Kenningham, George Martin, Asher Opoku-Fordjour, Tom Pearson, Henry ⁠Pollock, Will Stuart

Backs- Noah Caluori, Fraser Dingwall, Tobias Elliott, George Ford, Tommy ​Freeman, Will Joseph, Joe Marchant, Cadan Murley, ‌Archie McParland, Max Ojomoh, Henry Slade, ​Fin Smith, Marcus Smith, Ben Spencer, Freddie Steward, Jack van Poortvliet

(Reporting by Chiranjit Ojha in Bengaluru; Editing by Ken Ferris)

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