Marland Yarde
Semesa Rokoduguni is out of England’s international against South Africa at Twickenham on Saturday, with Marland Yarde replacing the Bath wing in the squad, head coach Stuart Lancaster announced on Tuesday.
Rokoduguni, who made his debut in last week’s 24-21 defeat by New Zealand, injured his thigh and Lancaster believes there is not enough time for him to recover to face the Springboks.
That is the only change to the 23 players selected to face the All Blacks, although James Haskell is added to the squad as cover for Tom Wood, who was unable to take a full part in Tuesday’s training.
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“Tom is still sore from the weekend and sat out training so we are including five back rows to give us options before we announce the side on Thursday morning,” Lancaster said.
“The players have responded well and we’ve had a good few days’ training,” he added.
“Roko did some limited training this morning but is unlikely to fully recover from his thigh injury in time for the game, so Marland is in the group.”
England Squad:
Forwards: Dave Attwood, Kieran Brookes, Dylan Hartley, James Haskell, George Kruis, Courtney Lawes, Joe Marler, Matt Mullan, David Wilson, Ben Morgan, Chris Robshaw (Captain), Billy Vunipola, Rob Webber, Tom Wood
Backs: Brad Barritt, Mike Brown, Danny Care, Kyle Eastmond, Owen Farrell, George Ford, Jonny May, Anthony Watson, Marland Yarde, Ben Youngs.
Date: Saturday 15 November
Venue: Twickenham, London, England
Kick-Off: 16:30 SA Time (14:30 BST & GMT)
Referee: Steve Walsh (Australia)
Assistant Referees: Jérôme Garcès (France),Nick Briant (New Zealand)
TMO: Eric Gauzins (France)
Ag no I am a plonker I posted an article with the England team confirmed to play the Boks earlier today then scrolled down and saw the header of this article so went and deleted the one I put up thinking it was a duplicate when in fact it wasn’t, oh well sorry GBS Tjailatyd here for me so will just put the team here for now:
England to play Boks
15. Mike Brown , 14. Anthony Watson , 13. Brad Barritt , 12. Kyle Eastmond, 11. Jonny May , 10. Owen Farrell , 9. Danny Care , 8. Billy Vunipola , 7. Chris Robshaw (c) , 6. Tom Wood , 5. Courtney Lawes , 4. Dave Attwood, 3. David Wilson, 2. Dylan Hartley ,1. Joe Marler
Replacements : 16. Rob Webber, 17. Matt Mullan , 18. Kieran Brookes , 19. George Kruis , 20. Ben Morgan , 21. Ben Youngs, 22. George Ford , 23. Marland Yarde