venue: twickenham stadium date: Saturday, February 10th kick off: 16:45 GMT |
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Attack coach Richard Wigglesworth said England were “hopeful” that vice-captain Ellis Genge would be fit to play against Wales on Saturday.
The 28-year-old was withdrawn from England's opening Six Nations match. victory over italy last weekend.
The prop was originally named in the match-day squad, but was forced to withdraw due to a foot injury.
“Ellis was trained [Tuesday] He's partially injured and he has to get through Thursday,'' Wigglesworth told BBC Sport.
Genge sustained a hamstring injury before the tournament, which he briefly recovered from, but claimed to have recovered. “Like Wolverine.”
Wigglesworth also said a calf injury would set him “further back into the tournament” after fly-half Marcus Smith missed the opening game in Rome and was left out of the squad preparing to face Wales. I admitted that it would happen.
However, center Ollie Lawrence “could” enter camp this weekend but is not expected to feature against Wales.
Second-rower George Martin is undergoing treatment for a knee injury and could return for the game against Scotland on February 24.
“Discipline was very important.”
International referee Luke Pearce was in England's camp this week to discuss the current “trends” the authorities are looking for.
South Africa announced its recently retired international umpire on Tuesday. Jaco Peiper joins Coaching aspect as a domestic law advisor.
“We're lucky to have a lot of referees and that's definitely a credit to Steve.” [Borthwick] ,” Wigglesworth said on the Rugby Union Daily podcast.
“Discipline is very important to Steve and he needs to know how he can do better, so we have referees in camp a lot.
“You're not there to referee, you're there to consider the decision.”