Cueto adds to English woes as All Blacks loom

ENGLAND’S injury problems continue to mount ahead of their Twickenham showdown with World Cup favourites New Zealand on Sunday.

Wing Mark Cueto is the latest high-profile casualty, increasing England’s alarming list of absentees to a dozen. The gloom might not end there as Leicester lock Ben Kay has been given until tomorrow to prove his fitness after suffering a dead leg during the Tigers’ Heineken Cup victory over Cardiff Blues last weekend.

While head coach Andy Robinson has adopted a resilient stance in the face of increasingly overwhelming odds, England will go into battle on Sunday as 5-2 underdogs as they try to avoid suffering a 34-year low of six successive Test defeats.