Exeter wing has ankle injury that needs operationBen Earl among those competing to replace Billy VunipolaJack Nowell’s ankle injury has kept him out of England’s squad for the Six Nations, making him one of 10 absentees from the recent World Cup.
Nowell played for Exeter in Saturday’s Champions Cup victory over La Rochelle but his injury, which requires an operation, means he is excluded from the 34 names picked by Eddie Jones for the 2020 Championship. Also missing from the 32 players who helped
England reach the
World Cup final are Jack Singleton, Mark Wilson, Dan Cole, Billy Vunipola, Henry Slade, Piers Francis, Joe Cokanasiga, Ben Spencer and Ruaridh McConnochie.