Christian Day
Tom Croft
Leicester Tigers flank Tom Croft and Northampton Saints lock Christian Day have been called up to the England training squad.
The reinforcements come as coach Stuart Lancaster assesses the impact of an injury-laden round of European action – ahead of the first round of Six nations action, when England face Wales in Cardiff on 6 February.
Two-time British and Irish Lion Croft and former age-grade star Day joined the squad on Monday – while Geoff Parling’s knee and Tom Wood’s ankle are fully assessed by the England medical team.
Parling left the field in the opening minutes of Leicester’s 7 / 26 defeat to Ulster at the weekend, while Wood was replaced by Phil Dowson after 44 minutes of the 8 / 32 loss to Racing Metro at Franklin’s Gardens.
Meanwhile the backline trio Brad Barritt (knee), Kyle Eastmond (shoulder) and Owen Farrell (knee) are also being assessed.
And Luther Burrell suffered a concussion against Racing Metro and will undergo the graduated return to play protocol with a view to taking part in full training on Friday.
“The players will be fully assessed once they get into camp and it’s too early to give any definitive news on their status,”the England coach, Lancaster, said.
“Tom’s ankle and Owen’s knee has been scanned.
Owen will see a specialist and we will be able to provide an update on him and the other injured players tomorrow”, along with any other potential additions to the squad.”
Back row forward Carl Fearns (Bath) and lock James Gaskell (Wasps) will replace Croft and Day in the England Saxons squad for the game against Ireland Wolfhounds in Cork this Friday.
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