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Brown could return for England, Underhill out
By Iain Strachan
Mike Brown could be available for England's Test against Samoa but the experienced fullback faces a challenge to regain his place if he is cleared for duty.
Brown missed England's 30-6 victory over Australia at Twickenham after suffering concussion in the opening match of the November internationals, a 21-8 win at Argentina's expense.
According to Jones, the 32-year-old Harlequins back is on track to be involved on Saturday.
"Hopefully he's going to train this afternoon so all things being equal he's passed all of his stages and today is his next stage [of recovery]," the head coach said.
"We anticipate he's going to be available for selection."
In a separate interview with Sky Sports, Jones added: "Anthony Watson did superbly for us at 15 so we've got great competition for that spot."
Flanker Sam Underhill, though, faces a period on the sidelines, also due to concussion.
"He won't be available," Jones said.
"We've taken a step where we just feel he needs a rest this week."
Asked if it was a significant concussion, Jones added: "No, it's just that, that was his second concussion this season so we've taken the view that we won't risk him this week."
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Yeah I predicted (out of thin air) it to be more like 30 points between them. You don't think it wasn't more like that because they picked jaded players?
Will have a look at the game now I guess.
Go to commentsDon't mind me lol I just thought it was funny that you saw the opportunity to show some good parochialism at the end of this article. I thought we were going to have an interesting Italian perspective on the game to read (which we could counter attack with our perspective etc), instead it was about an Englishmans perspective on the game/rugby (which I wasn't interested in replying to at all).
Oh, and I also should be always in that last sentence. Can't say I've even seen a 6N without a bunny team but it certainly wasn't Italy this year!
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