Joe Marler has become the latest England forward to be struck down with injury, less than a month before the start of the Six Nations. Marler was ruled out of Harlequins’ 29-26 win over Sale before kick-off with a calf injury and, with Mako Vunipola likely to miss the tournament, Eddie Jones faces a potential crisis at loosehead prop.
“He started to feel it in the warm up and in that situation you have to err on the side of caution,” said Harlequins’ director of rugby, John Kingston.
“There probably is some kind of strain, we’ll have a scan. If you’re talking Six Nations, I don’t think it will be an issue at this stage unless there’s something about it I don’t know.”
