1
Jamie George returns earlier than planned to boost England's Six Nations hopes
By PA
Jamie George has recovered from a knee problem to give England’s Six Nations title quest a lift.
Eddie Jones’ second choice hooker sustained the injury in a 32-15 victory over Australia during the autumn and was not expected to return until the end of January.
But he has been named in the starting XV and captain for Saracens’ Gallagher Premiership trip to Northampton on Sunday.
“Jamie was nearly OK for last weekend but now he’s raring to go. It’s great to have him back,” Saracens boss Mark McCall said.
England open their Six Nations against Scotland on February 5 with only 500 fans allowed to attend Murrayfield because of Covid-19 restrictions.
Elsewhere, Saracens have confirmed the loan signing of tighthead Gareth Milasinovich. Milasinovich (6'3, 134kg) is in line for his debut after joining on a two-month loan from Ulster.
SARACENS:
1 Mako Vunipola
2 Jamie George (c)
3 Harvey Beaton
4 Maro Itoje
5 Nick Isiekwe
6 Theo McFarland
7 Ben Earl
8 Billy Vunipola
9 Aled Davies
10 Alex Goode
11 Elliot Daly
12 Nick Tompkins
13 Alex Lozowski
14 Sean Maitland
15 Max Malins
REPLACEMENTS:
16 Tom Woolstencroft
17 Eroni Mawi
18 Gareth Milasinovich
19 Callum Hunter-Hill
20 Jackson Wray
21 Ivan van Zyl
22 Manu Vunipola
23 Rotimi Segun
Trending on RugbyPass
2
England No8 Billy Vunipola tasered and arrested in Spain
3
Saints boss Dowson reacts to controversial Care incident
4
Fissler Confidential: Radwan eyed to replace exit-bound England wing
5
Latest Comments
Dude to me looks pretty fast for a big man, nearly 2m and 130kg, in his workout vid he was signed off. Possibly a bit slow on his reads movement wise though, but I’ve not got anything to compare him to. Hope the dude nails it and finds his sport, could have been a devastating lock in rugby if he wasn’t a footballer growing up.
Go to commentsWell, does that make it every year Moana has lost it’s best player the following year? Normally it’s more immediate I guess, at least there best player had a follow up year this time.
Go to comments