England forced into late change against Italy after Tom Curry injured in warm-up – UK Times

England have been dealt a major late injury blow ahead of their Six Nations clash against Italy after Tom Curry was helped off during the warm-up.

Two medics had to guide the flanker down the tunnel after he appeared to suffer a leg issue while preparing to start on the openside in Rome.

Sam Underhill has been promoted off the bench into the starting XV as a like-for-like replacement, with Chandler Cunningham-South joining the replacements as Steve Borthwick keeps six forwards on the bench,

England are reeling after back-to-back defeats against Scotland and Ireland, but have never lost to Italy in 32 previous meetings.

Borthwick had already made an unprecedented nine changes of personnel to his starting side for the game, with Underhill’s inclusion a 10th alteration.