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Injured Cueto to miss NZ contest | Injured Cueto to miss NZ contest |
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England wing Mark Cueto has been ruled out of Sunday's Test against New Zealand because of an ankle injury. | England wing Mark Cueto has been ruled out of Sunday's Test against New Zealand because of an ankle injury. |
He will be replaced by Paul Sackey of Wasps, who will win his first cap. | He will be replaced by Paul Sackey of Wasps, who will win his first cap. |
Coach Andy Robinson had already called up Bristol number eight Dan Ward-Smith, Castres centre Phil Christophers and Wasps full-back Mark van Gisbergen. | Coach Andy Robinson had already called up Bristol number eight Dan Ward-Smith, Castres centre Phil Christophers and Wasps full-back Mark van Gisbergen. |
But only Van Gisbergen made the squad, after being named on a replacements' bench that includes Sale trio Stuart Turner, Magnus Lund and Chris Jones. | |
Cueto joins England's lengthy injury list after failing to recover from the ankle injury he suffered in the Heineken Cup loss to the Ospreys on 20 October. | |
Full-backs Josh Lewsey and Olly Morgan have not shaken off knee and shoulder injuries respectively in time, joining a casualty list that includes Mathew Tait, Olly Barkley, James Forrester, Steve Borthwick and Jonny Wilkinson. | |
And Wasps flanker Tom Rees was not considered for a place on the bench because of a shoulder injury he suffered on Heineken Cup duty in Perpignan last weekend. | And Wasps flanker Tom Rees was not considered for a place on the bench because of a shoulder injury he suffered on Heineken Cup duty in Perpignan last weekend. |
Cueto's omission means that Sackey, 26, will join Anthony Allen and Shaun Perry in making their debuts at the weekend. | |
Sackey, who played for England Saxons during the Churchill Cup in Canada earlier this year, has scored 54 tries in 140 Premiership appearances with Bedford, London Irish and Wasps. | |
Van Gisbergen was a temporary blood replacement for Cueto during England's 26-16 victory over Australia last November but has not featured since. | |
The former Waikato stand-off is qualified to play for England on residency grounds, but his progress this term was delayed by a broken jaw suffered during the summer. | |
England have lost their last five Tests, a dismal sequence stretching back to last February after they beat Italy in the Six Nations Championship. | England have lost their last five Tests, a dismal sequence stretching back to last February after they beat Italy in the Six Nations Championship. |
Revised England team to play New Zealand on 5 November:I Balshaw (Gloucester); P Sackey (Wasps), J Noon (Newcastle), A Allen (Gloucester), B Cohen (Northampton); C Hodgson (Sale), S Perry (Bristol); A Sheridan (Sale), G Chuter (Leicester), J White (Leicester), D Grewcock (Bath), B Kay (Leicester), M Corry (Leicester, capt), L Moody (Leicester), P Sanderson (Worcester).Replacements: L Mears (Bath), S Turner (Sale), C Jones (Sale), M Lund (Sale), P Richards (Gloucester), A Goode ( Leicester), Van Gisbergen (Wasps). |