{"id":394263,"date":"2026-01-28T03:03:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T03:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/394263\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T03:03:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T03:03:11","slug":"jack-kenningham-called-into-squad-as-englands-injury-woes-worsen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/394263\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Kenningham called into squad as England’s injury woes worsen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Harlequins<\/a> flanker Jack Kenningham<\/a> has been drafted into the England<\/a> squad for their training camp in Girona ahead of the Guinness Six Nations, with Ben Curry<\/a> and Fin Baxter<\/a> no longer travelling to Spain.<\/p>\n

The uncapped Kenningham missed out on Steve Borthwick\u2019s original Six Nations<\/a> squad last week, while Curry and Baxter were scheduled to join the squad in Girona for rehabilitation.<\/p>\n

England have announced that the Harlequins loosehead will now undergo surgery on his foot, which could well rule him out of the Championship. Curry, who missed the Quilter Nations Series after undergoing a hamstring operation, will also remain at home.<\/p>\n

There is no confirmation as to how long the pair will be sidelined for, with the Championship getting underway for Borthwick\u2019s side on Saturday, February 7, against Wales<\/a> at Twickenham\u2019s Allianz Stadium.<\/p>\n

Ollie Lawrence, Tom Roebuck<\/a> and Fin Smith are still expected to travel with the squad to Spain<\/a> for rehabilitation.<\/p>\n

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Curry made a return from his surgery in round one of the Investec Champions Cup<\/a> against Glasgow<\/a> Warriors at the beginning of December and started the week later against ASM Clermont<\/a> Auvergne the week later at the Stade Marcel Michelin. He has not featured, however, since then.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the beginning of the month,<\/a> Sale<\/a> director of rugby Alex Sanderson said the flanker was pushing to make the start of the Six Nations.<\/p>\n

\u201cBen Curry is looking towards [being fit for] the Six Nations and if we push them both [Tom Roebuck] through then it could be the Northampton<\/a> game,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have had two missed calls from Steve Borthwick<\/a> and I have to see what his plans are. It is probably England\u2019s call because they are both EPS players, and if they think it is beneficial, they could play against Saints or they could just go straight into camp with England.\u201d<\/p>\n

Baxter has competed with Ellis Genge<\/a> for the England No.1 jersey over the past 18 months, but this will now provide Bevan Rodd<\/a> and the Northampton Saints\u2019 uncapped Emmanuel Iyogun<\/a> the chance to showcase their Test credentials.<\/p>\n

England are also being tested on the other side of the scrum, with British & Irish Lion Will Stuart<\/a> ruled out of the Championship with an Achilles injury, as is Asher Opoku-Fordjour, who had surgery on his shoulder two weeks ago.<\/p>\n

Trevor Davison and Bath\u2019s uncapped 20-year-old Billy Sela<\/a> are the two tightheads who will battle to deputise for Joe Heyes<\/a> when the Championship gets underway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harlequins flanker Jack Kenningham has been drafted into the England squad for their training camp in Girona ahead…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-394263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}