England's Ashton out of Wales clash

Chris Ashton was today ruled out of England’s World Cup warm-up international against Wales with an ankle injury.

Sat, 13 Aug, 2011 - 14:25

Chris Ashton was today ruled out of England’s World Cup warm-up international against Wales with an ankle injury.

The Northampton wing rolled his ankle in training on Thursday and has been replaced in the starting line-up by Matt Banahan, with Delon Armitage promoted to the bench, the RFU said.

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