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Ligament injury threatens Kruis' Six Nations
By Jack Davies
The injury suffered by George Kruis in training on Tuesday has been confirmed as a knee ligament issue, casting doubt over his involvement in England's Six Nations campaign.
Saracens lock Kruis was among 25 players retained by coach Eddie Jones for Saturday's championship opener against France, but he will now miss that fixture following further tests.
Kruis will see a specialist on Thursday to determine the extent of the problem and his estimated recovery time, but Jones is optimistic he could still play a part in the defence of England's title.
"We'll have to wait and see what the specialist's prognosis is, but we're not ruling him out of the RBS Six Nations at this stage," the Australian said.
England had been tipped to pair Kruis with Joe Launchbury in the second row against France, freeing up Maro Itoje to take the number six shirt in the absence of injured former skipper Chris Robshaw.
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Ben Smith is not regarded by most in the know as a fair "rugby writer" in SA...his negative obsession with the "supposed World Champions" knows no bounds. What he writes about NZ is probably correct but forgets England were also width of an upright away from beating them. Perhaps focus on the good All Black rugby will become and leave out the absolute rubbish comments about the guys in Green.
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Go to commentsI wasn't suggesting SA haven't already been having talks with other African teams. merely corrected Ed on what JWH's argument was.
It was also very interesting to watch the Portugal game this year, it showed these matchs have value imo.
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