Rugby news – Manu Tuilagi returns for England, injured Tom Curry – Rugby



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Lock Courtney Lawes, who, along with Tuilagi, missed the 12-11 win against South Africa last Saturday, was also part of Eddie Jones' group of 25 players.

Tuilagi has not played for England for two and a half years. His last match took place in 2014, because of injury problems, but he had a good-looking recent, although he pulled out of the match against South Africa with a sprain in the air. 39; groin.

His performance against the All Blacks in 2012 inspired a 38-12 win that sent Twickenham into delirium.

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) said Curry would remain in the camp for a new evaluation of his ankle. Forward coach Steve Borthwick said earlier that his injury had dismissed him from the last three games.

The 20-year-old was the last in a long line of players to play the role of open flanker. He strengthened his reputation with three excellent displays in the 2-1 defeat to South Africa in June.

He kept his place in Saturday's game against the Springboks, but had a hard time losing when he went off in the second half.

Sam Underhill is a likely substitute against the All Blacks, but Mark Wilson, who was named man of the match against the Springboks after starting eighth and flipping on the flank in the second half, is another option .

After facing New Zealand, England will face Japan on November 17th before facing Australia on November 24th.

Team:

Advanced: Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby), Jamie George (Saracens), Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints) and captain, Alec Hepburn (Exeter Chiefs), Maro Itoje (Saracens), George Kruis (Saracens), Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints) , Zach Mercer (Bath Rugby), Ben Moon (Exeter Chiefs), Brad Shields (Wasp), Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins), Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby), Harry Williams (Exeter Chiefs), Mark Wilson (Newcastle Falcons).

Records: Chris Ashton (Dirty Sharks), Danny Care (Harlequins), Elliot Daly (Wasp), Owen Farrell (Saracens), Captain, George Ford (Leicester Tigers), Jonny May (Leicester Tigers), Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs) , Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs), Ben Te (Worcester Warriors), Manu Tuilagi (The Leicester Tigers), Ben Youngs (The Tigers of Leicester). (Report by Simon Jennings in Bengaluru, edited by Pritha Sarkar and Toby Davis)

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