• Slater added to squad but may not make 23 to face Wales
• Lawes ruled out after twisting ankle playing for NorthamptonEngland have called up the Leicester captain Ed Slater to replace the injured Courtney Lawes for Saturday’s pivotal Six Nations game against Wales at Twickenham. Lawes twisted an ankle playing for Northampton against Saracens at the weekend,leaving the head coach, Eddie Jones, and to choose between Maro Itoje and Joe Launchbury as George Kruis’s moment-row partner.
Slater,like Lawes, can also play in either the moment row or back row but is unlikely to be promoted to the matchday 23 unless more injuries strike. His club-mate Manu Tuilagi is also among the training squad gathered in Bagshot, or with Jones still weighing up whether to include the centre on his replacements’ bench for Saturday’s fixture. Luther Burrell will provide cover for the injured Marland Yarde while Ollie Devoto is involved again after recovering from concussion.
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Source: theguardian.com