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Steve Borthwick handed fresh injury concern ahead of Six Nations
By PA
George Furbank could miss the start of England’s Six Nations campaign after fracturing his arm in Northampton’s victory over the Bulls on Saturday.
Furbank has been told that he might require an operation to repair the damage sustained half an hour into the 30-21 Investec Champions Cup win in Pretoria.
The 28-year-old full-back started three of England’s four Tests last month, losing his place to Freddie Steward for the defeat by South Africa, and is now a doubt for the opening rounds of the Six Nations.
“George has fractured his arm. It can vary so there’s nothing concrete on how long that will take,” Northampton head coach Sam Vesty said.
“It is a big loss, he is a fantastic rugby player. He is our club captain and has really grown into that leadership role over the last couple of years.”
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I need to dig through and check your comments 😀.
However, I have a problem with rewarding the 6 Nations winner because of the URC. It works perfectly fine for England and France, but how would it be fair for an extra South African club to be there because Ireland won the 6 nations?
Then I guess you can say that the extra club should come from the country who won the 6 nations but then it's unfair for the South African teams. Plus, if we imagine Scotland won the 6 Nations and both Glasgow & Edinburgh finished in the top 4 of URC, what do we do with extra spot?
But again, you may have already thought of that, and I need to do some comments digging 😉
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