England Squad Changes: Injured Curry and Feyi-Waboso Replaced

England has replaced injured players Tom Curry and Immanuel Feyi-Waboso within their 36-player squad, which is preparing to face South Africa in the Autumn Nations Series on Saturday. Curry had left the field after 23 minutes during England’s defeat by Australia. Both flanker Curry, 26, and wing Feyi-Waboso, 21, sustained head injuries in Saturday’s last-gasp defeat by Australia. Bath flanker Ted Hill and Sale Sharks wing Tom Roebuck have been called up to the training squad. Hill, who earned two caps under former head coach Eddie Jones, was previously part of England’s training squad before their initial autumn international loss to New Zealand. Roebuck secured his first international cap against Japan in June and is now returning after being dropped from that training squad, although Ollie Sleightholme, who scored two tries as a replacement on Saturday, is in a strong position to start. World champions South Africa are approaching the game following their 32-15 victory over Scotland at Murrayfield on Sunday. England has lost five of their last six matches, with all those Tests being decided by the narrowest of margins. “We’re very disappointed, but it’s still a tremendous opportunity against South Africa,” England lock Maro Itoje stated after the defeat by the Wallabies. “We have the world champions coming to Twickenham. We have an amazing opportunity to do something.” “There’s no doubt in my mind that if we do our thing, are more consistent and play smarter rugby, then South Africa is a game we can win.” “We have our backs against the wall a little bit and so it’s a tremendous opportunity for us to take control of our narrative and get the rewards for our efforts.” The forwards in the squad are: Fin Baxter (Harlequins), Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers), Alex Coles (Northampton Saints), Luke Cowan-Dickie (Sale Sharks), Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins), Ben Curry (Sale Sharks), Theo Dan (Saracens), Trevor Davison (Northampton Saints), Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins), Ben Earl (Saracens), Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby), Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears), Jamie George (Saracens), Ted Hill (Bath Rugby), Nick Isiekwe (Saracens), Maro Itoje (Saracens), George Martin (Leicester Tigers), Asher Opoku-Fordjour (Sale Sharks), Will Stuart (Bath Rugby), Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby). The backs in the squad are: Elliot Daly (Saracens), George Ford (Sale Sharks), Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints), George Furbank (Northampton Saints), Ollie Lawrence (Bath Rugby), Alex Lozowski (Saracens), Luke Northmore (Harlequins), Harry Randall (Bristol Bears), Tom Roebuck (Sale Sharks), Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs), Ollie Sleightholme (Northampton Saints), Fin Smith (Northampton Saints), Marcus Smith (Harlequins), Ben Spencer (Bath Rugby), Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers), Jack van Poortvliet (Leicester Tigers).