Injury blows for England

England’s injury-hit preparations for the 2005 RBS 6 Nations Championship have been dealt another major double blow.

Centre Will Greenwood looks certain to miss the entire tournament after undergoing shoulder surgery while Gloucester wing James Simpson-Daniel will have an operation on his left shoulder next Wednesday.

England are already without flanker Richard Hill for the whole of this season due to a serious knee injury, while Greenwood’s World Cup centre partner Mike Tindall is struggling with a foot problem.