Captain joins England crocks

by PETER JACKSON

Last updated at 23:49 04 March 2007


Phil Vickery topped a depressingly long 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる) of 死傷者s last night after a 大混乱/混沌とした 週末 of self-(打撃,刑罰などを)与えるd 損失 to England's 乱打するd Six Nations challenge.

The price for failing to 解決する the club-country 衝突 could 軍隊 長,率いる coach Brian Ashton into Sunday's match against フラン at Twickenham without his captain and without Jonny Wilkinson.

? Vickery 支援する off the ropes

Both are in some danger of 存在 counted out after bruising 週末 of 首相の職 活動/戦闘 when every other Six Nations' squad put their feet up.

Vickery will be 診察するd by England's doctors today (mon) after 存在 concussed during Wasps' 28-0 home 勝利,勝つ over Bristol yesterday.

He will be 要求するd to pass a 一連の stringent 実験(する)s after a blow which knocked him off his feet for almost four minutes.

"Phil took a 激しい blow and we got the message on straight away to get him off the field," Wasps' rugby director Ian McGeechan said.

"The blow was 類似の to one he took a month ago. We were not going to mess around. We will be in touch with the England medics."

As he left for England's training (軍の)野営地,陣営 in Bath, Vickery 認める he did not know who, or what, had 攻撃する,衝突する him. Bristol 否定するd that he had been punched. "It must have been a big haymaker to knock the '激怒(する)ing Bull' 負かす/撃墜する," 長,率いる coach Richard Hill said.

"If it was, we will have a look at it. That's not on, if that was the 事例/患者. It takes a lot to put an elephant like that 負かす/撃墜する."

Wilkinson 報告(する)/憶測d for England 義務 last night まっただ中に 新たにするd 関心 over his fitness and a 再発 of the hamstring trouble which 混乱に陥れる/中断させるd his 準備 for the Ireland match in Dublin.

He spent yesterday under 治療 after 存在 軍隊d out of Newcastle's 38-12 敗北・負かす at London Irish.

Now, instead of concentrating on h ow to 妨げる フラン (疑いを)晴らすing the last 障害 に向かって another Grand 激突する, Ashton 直面するs another anxious wait over Wilkinson.

Four other players will also be under 治療 -David Strettle (dead 脚), Andy Farrell (支援する spasms), Steve Borthwick (ribs) and Tom Rees (cheek).

{"status":"error","code":"499","payload":"資産 id not 設立する: readcomments comments with assetId=440033, assetTypeId=1"}