England hope that Maro Itoje will return in time to reinforce the final stage of their Six Nations title pursuit after being struck down by a knee injury. Itoje will miss the clashes with France and Wales due to a grade two medial ligament tear sustained in the second half of Saturday’s victory over Ireland at the Aviva Stadium. However, if his rehabilitation progresses well the British and Irish Lions lock could be back for the last two rounds against Italy and Scotland. Clearly it’s significant that he’s out, but we have a lot of brilliant players in his position,” Borthwick said. “You’ll always miss a player of his calibre, you’ll take some strength out of your team, but we have very good and experienced players to come in.”

Source: The Irish Times February 05, 2019 18:56 UTC