Wood won the last of his 42 England caps against Uruguay at the World Cup David Rogers/Getty ImagesEddie Jones has turned to Tom Wood to answer England’s back row injury crisis, selecting the Northampton Saints captain for the first time since the World Cup. England are without ten front-line players for their autumn internationals against South Africa, Fiji, Argentina and Australia, with the second row and back row hit particularly hard by injuries. He [Wood] might be like Samson - gets stronger with the long hair and the beardJones has lost his first five options at open-side flanker and his preferred lock combination of Maro Itoje and George Kruis, which has opened the road for Dave Attwood and Charlie Ewels, the Bath pair, to be called into the squad. With James Haskell,…

Source: The Times October 26, 2016 11:03 UTC