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Feyi-Waboso out for Nations Championship as England make six squad changes

Immanuel Feyi-Waboso is out for the rest of November with an ankle injury.
Immanuel Feyi-Waboso is out for the rest of November with an ankle injury.BEN STANSALL / AFP

England's injury woes deepened with knocks to Immanuel Feyi-Waboso and ⁠Seb Atkinson in Sunday's record win over Australia and coach Steve Borthwick has made ‌six changes to his 36-man training squad ahead of this ‌weekend's Japan test.

Ollie Chessum and ‌George Furbank are also set to miss Saturday's match ‌in London, prompting Borthwick to call up ‌Noah Caluori and Max Ojomoh from the England A squad for the Nations Championship clash.

Wing Feyi-Waboso, ‌a standout performer in Sunday's win, ⁠suffered a right ‌ankle injury from a hip-drop tackle by Australia's Angus Bell ​and will miss the rest of the tournament, British media reports said.

Flanker ​Tom Curry, who had missed the Australia test with a hip injury, is also out ⁠of the remaining ​Nations Championship matches.

Centre Atkinson will go into rehabilitation after suffering a hip injury in the 64th minute, England Rugby said on Monday.

Scrum-half ‌Archie McParland has recovered from a calf issue and replaced Harry Randall in the squad.

England sit second in the Northern Hemisphere table, two points below France, with two group matches left.

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England training squad:

Forwards: Fin Baxter, Arthur Clark, Alex Coles, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Ben Curry, Theo Dan, Ben Earl, Greg Fisilau, Jamie George, Ellis Genge, Joe ‌Heyes, Max Hicks, Maro Itoje, Emmanuel Iyogun, Jack ​Kenningham, George Martin, Asher Opoku-Fordjour, Tom Pearson, ‌Henry Pollock, Will Stuart

Backs: Noah Caluori, Fraser Dingwall, Tobias Elliott, George Ford, Tommy Freeman, Will Joseph, Joe Marchant, Cadan Murley, Archie McParland, Max Ojomoh, Henry Slade, Fin Smith, Marcus ⁠Smith, Ben Spencer, ⁠Freddie Steward, Jack van ‌Poortvliet

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