Pom prop crisis continues

10 Nov 2009

David Barnes is the latest England prop to be injured ahead of their Test against Argentina on Saturday.

Barnes wasn’t in the 22 for the Australia match, but with David Wilson ruled out with a neck and shoulder injury on Monday, Barnes was expected to be elevated to the bench. He hasn’t been officially ruled out, but he left England’s training base on crutches.

Duncan Bell now looks set to start against the strong Pumas scrum, with Paul Doran-Jones expected to be in the 22. Doran-Jones has played just 266 minutes of Premiership rugby.

Julian White, Phil Vickery and Andrew Sheridan were all injured before the November internationals.



12 Comments

  • 1.grant10: Reply to this comment
    10 Nov 2009, 19:22 pm

    argies will do them oi reckon

  • 2.carol: Reply to this comment
    10 Nov 2009, 19:48 pm

    #1 grant10: :-) Oh great!!

  • 3.grant10: Reply to this comment
    10 Nov 2009, 20:01 pm

    #2 carol: Hi….hows the cold?
    Poms got an injury list of note!!

  • 4.carol: Reply to this comment
    10 Nov 2009, 20:10 pm

    #3 grant10: Improving thanks, have realised a red nose and hacking cough is NOT attractive!!

    Hear Cape Town has reverted to winter weather so no swimming today for you!! ;-(

  • 5.carol: Reply to this comment
    10 Nov 2009, 20:11 pm

    …..and yes, at this rate Martin Johnson will be dusting off his boots!!

    We are falling to bits!

  • 6.grant10: Reply to this comment
    10 Nov 2009, 20:18 pm

    #4 carol: Weather is freezing and cold…and grey and rain…crazy!

    Losing my tan dammit!!

    Look after that cold….booze the key!

  • 7.carol: Reply to this comment
    10 Nov 2009, 20:22 pm

    #6 grant10: There have been some memorable evenings with you mixing flu remedys with a drink…I may try it later!!

    Sorry to hear about the tan, man that is serious!! How will you attract the Brazilian Ladies Volley Ball team if you are a bit pasty? :neutral:

    Might try a small brandy now!

  • 8.gunther: Reply to this comment
    10 Nov 2009, 20:25 pm

    #7 carol:

    ANYTHING to get MJ out of the coaches seat…

  • 9.grant10: Reply to this comment
    10 Nov 2009, 20:30 pm

    #7 carol: Just going nice and brown and a week of rain……would run a mile from those ladies….all that youthful exhuberance ….it would cost me a fortune in Pharmacy bills…

  • 10.DonutDunning: Reply to this comment
    11 Nov 2009, 00:49 am

    Jeez things aren’t looking good for the motherland. Time to bring back Jason Leonard? :|

  • 11.Big Hit: Reply to this comment
    11 Nov 2009, 03:27 am

    #1 grant10: I bet they don’t. They’re missing a few themselves.

  • 12.Sonito: Reply to this comment
    11 Nov 2009, 08:40 am

    England played two of the most “un-athletic” props I have ever seen last week. Always a danger of leaking tries around the fringes with pillars like that.

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