England undergo key DOUBLE damage blow on eve of Springbok Test
England wing Immanuel Feyi-Waboso has been dominated out of going through world champions South Africa after struggling a head damage throughout Saturday’s loss at house to Australia.
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Feyi-Waboso was harm making an attempt to forestall the Wallabies from scoring a strive within the fiftieth minute of the dramatic 42-37 defeat, with crew administration asserting Sunday he had been withdrawn from a 36-man squad assembled forward of the November 16 conflict with the Springboks at Twickenham.
Second England damage blow
England already knew they’d be lacking Tom Curry for the centrepiece of their November marketing campaign after the flanker was knocked out making a deal with in opposition to Australia.
Bath’s Ted Hill has been referred to as up as again row cowl, with Tom Roebuck of Sale added to the squad in Feyi-Waboso’s absence.
A repeat of final 12 months’s World Cup semi-final, which South Africa edged 16-15, comes with England on a run of 4 successive defeats after losses to each New Zealand and Australia of their opening two November fixtures.
Feyi-Waboso solely made his Test debut within the Six Nations however has cast a spot within the beginning facet with 5 tries in eight appearances.
England led Australia 15-3 when Curry went off after being struck by Rob Valentini’s knee they usually promptly misplaced management of the breakdown with out the free ahead.
Squander successful positions
Ben Curry, Tom’s twin brother, and Sam Underhill will now compete for the openside flanker berth, with Ollie Sleightholme, who scored two tries off the bench in opposition to the Wallabies, in line to interchange Feyi-Waboso.
England have to beat the Springboks to revive their end-of-year marketing campaign, with Steve Borthwick’s males rounding off 2024 in opposition to Japan every week later.
The Red Rose brigade’s run of 5 defeats in six video games has seen England repeatedly squander successful positions, with Saturday’s stoppage-time loss to Australia essentially the most blatant instance but.
“We’re testing fans’ patience, testing our patience,” admitted England No 8 Ben Earl.
“It seems like we received the sport twice in opposition to Australia after which managed to lose it. Frustrating.
“Not the same old problems, different problems, but the same overwhelming feeling of another game that we’ve let slip. So food for thought.”
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