England have been hit by multiple injury problems before their Six Nations match against France on Saturday with doubts over Dylan Hartley’s fitness chief among them. Underhill and Nowell have been hit by toe and ankle injuries respectively while Harry Williams (neck) is also a doubt. “We’ve got players in the team who have captained England before, we’ve got co-captains,” Borthwick said. England are hopeful Underhill will return in time to face Ireland on Saturday week but Nowell is set to miss the rest of the Championship. Eddie Jones threatens England changes for likely Paris ‘slogathon’ Read more

Source: The Guardian March 06, 2018 14:48 UTC