England have called up five injury replacements to join the squad ahead of the Six Nations against Ireland on February 1.
England will begin their campaign against the reigning champions in Dublin, a task made more difficult by further injuries to five players, including strikers Jamie George and Alex Dombrant.
Curtis Langdon (Northampton Saints), Arthur Clarke (Gloucester Rugby), Ben Spencer (Bath Rugby), Henry Pollock (Northampton Saints) and Raffy Quirke (Sale Sharks) will join the squad as England preparations begin at the team’s training ground on Tuesday. in Girona, Spain.
The five new players replace Alex Coles (Northampton Saints), Jack van Poortvliet (Leicester Tigers) and Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints), as well as George (Saracens) and Dombrandt (Harlequins), all of whom suffered injuries while playing for their clubs. on weekends.
Mitchell is a doubt for the first match of the Six Nations but will travel with the squad to Girona to continue his rehabilitation.
Jamie George has been ruled out of England’s Six Nations opener
George was replaced as England captain by club-mate Maro Itoje when Steve Borthwick named his Six Nations squad, then he was injured late in Saracens’ 32-24 Champions Cup defeat by Castres and was eligible for the first leg. : Six Nations weekend.
Six Nations 2025 matches – England
- February 1 Ireland (a)
- February 8 France (h)
- February 22 Scotland (h)
- March 9 Italy (h)
- March 15 Wales (a)
