Squad ‘calm and well’ after disruption at Brighton hotelProp could miss
Scotland match after catching virusEngland’s preparations for the Six Nations were hit with yet more upheaval on Tuesday when Joe Marler tested positive for Covid-19 and Eddie Jones’s squad was later forced to evacuate the team hotel because of a fire.
Marler recorded a second positive test on
England duty in the space of two-and-a-half months, raising doubts over his availability for next week’s trip to Scotland. Compounding matters for England, an electrical
fire coming from a manhole on Kings Road in Brighton forced Jones’s squad to move hotels.