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Wigglesworth replaces injured Youngs for England
By Russell Greaves
Richard Wigglesworth has been added to England's squad for Saturday's Six Nations showdown with Wales following an injury to Ben Youngs.
Leicester Tigers scrum-half Youngs sustained a potentially tournament-ending knee injury in Sunday's 46-15 win over Italy in Rome.
His Saracens counterpart Wigglesworth now comes into the reckoning, having been named in a 32-man pool by coach Eddie Jones.
Wigglesworth has won 27 caps and featured at both the 2011 and 2015 World Cups.
Exeter hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie has also been included, with Wasps' Nathan Hughes set to have fitness assessed before a decision is taken on his participation in the championship.
Like England, Wales won their opening match, putting on an impressive showing to down Scotland 34-7 in Cardiff.
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Who would you have played at 10 with Richie Mo'unga gone and Fergus Burke not available till late in the season ? Scott Barrett hardly played, Sam Whitelock was overseas. There were injuries amongst the replacements. The fairy story that Robertson would have won in this situation is a exactly that a fairy story. We went within a whisker of getting in the play offs late in the season, because we had Fergus Burke, Blackadder others back. Codie Taylor made a big impact when he came back from his sabbatical. Hopefully he will be the captain next year, Codie has had a great season since returning to the Crusaders and for the All Blacks.
Go to commentsEarned a 9.5 with top game overall though Tk while Italians were allowed to crowd breakdown without penalty often. We do have Love with two tries in 4 Test 😎minutes on field!
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