Steve Borthwick has confirmed that influential England centre Ollie Lawrence suffered a serious-looking Achilles injury against Italy. An otherwise impressive afternoon for the hosts at Allianz Stadium Twickenham on Sunday as they produced a 47-24 bonus-point win to take the Six Nations title fight to the final day was marred by an early injury to the Bath midfielder,

Talismanic centre Lawrence was carted off after just eight minutes and fly half Fin Smith admits the injury blow discombobulated England

England have called Max Ojomoh into their 35-man squad ahead of their final match of the Guinness Six Nations against Wales as a replacement for his injured Bath team-mate Ollie Lawrence.