Farrell misses training to fuel England fears - News Summed Up

Farrell misses training to fuel England fears


Farrell worked with Wilkinson on the sidelines but did no kicking Matthew Childs/ReutersOwen Farrell remains a doubt to start in the Calcutta Cup tomorrow having been unable to partake fully in today’s training session at Twickenham. Farrell was at the eve-of-game training session but, though he was working with Jonny Wilkinson, he did no kicking. He remains on the teamsheet to start tomorrow but the injury that was dismissed yesterday by the England management has not mended as quickly as they would have liked. Farrell will be replaced by Te’o if he does not recover in time to face Scotland Matthew Childs/ReutersThey have until an hour before kick-off tomorrow to replace Farrell, if necessary, and they are clearly going to push the decision until the final hour. If Farrell is unable to play, then England will bring Ben Te’o into the starting line-up and Jonny May would come into the squad as cover from…


Source: The Times March 10, 2017 11:59 UTC



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