England wing Anthony Watson is ruled out of the Rugby World Cup with a calf injury.
England wing Anthony Watson has been ruled out of the Rugby World Cup in France with a calf injury.
England head coach Steve Borthwick says Watson picked up the injury during training and will be unavailable for a number of weeks. No replacement has yet been named in Borthwick's 33-man squad but Jonny May is set to start on the wing against Fiji in Saturday's final warm-up match.Utility back Elliot Daly has a knee injury and is unavailable for this weekend but is expected to be fit for the World Cup, while wing Henry Arundell is recovering from a back spasm.
England have already lost scrum-half Jack van Poortvliet to an ankle injury for the tournament and the Leicester number nine has been replaced in the squad by Alex Mitchell.
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