That's a mighty long list of absentees:
Joe Launchbury (England)
Will Rowlands (Wales)
Dan Robson (England)
Jack Willis (England)
Matteo Minozzi (Italy)
Malakai Fekitoa (groin/shoulder)
Brad Shields (ankle)
Tom Willis (ankle)
Sam Spink (foot)
Ben Harris (hip)
Rob Miller (knee)
Marcus Watson (groin)
Sione Vailanu (ankle)
Kieran Curran (calf)
Will Simonds (hamstring)
Ryan Mills (foot)
Crikey.
Well you can now add Alfie to those unavailable due to international duty list! Brilliant news for the lad but the timing could not have been worse for Wasps...
https://www.englandrugby.com/news/article/england-france-twickenham-jones-names-squad-for-autumn-nations-cup-finalBack to the injury list, are Porter (toe) and Sirker (ACL) now fit?
From what I can read from various reports here are the estimated return dates for the injured:
Fekitoa - late January / mid February
Shields - late January
T Willis - no time line yet just
'for a fair amount of time'Spink - late February
Harris - no time line yet just
'for a fair amount of time'Miller - mid January
Watson - late December
Vailanu - mid December (previously January)
Curran - no time line yet
Simonds - late December
Mills - late December / early January (previously mid-January)
Some relief by year end but it is quite the list. Hope the Harris and T Willis injuries don’t have them out for too long.