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England suffer fresh midfield blow on eve of Argentina Test
By Jon Newcombe
England have been forced into making a late change to their starting XV on the eve of Saturday’s Argentina Test after Fraser Dingwall was ruled out through injury.
Bath and England A’s in-form centre Max Ojomoh comes into the squad as a direct replacement for the Northampton man.
It was thought Dingwall would recover from the niggle picked up against the All Blacks in time for the Allianz Stadium clash but he was unable to train on Wednesday.
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“Max is an elite-level attacker in terms of his ball movement, his vision and how he connects on the run,” defence coach Richard Wigglesworth said.
“You take a lot of opportunities when he’s out there and he’s improved his movement off the ball. And on the other side of the ball he’s improving all the time.
“You see the teams that he plays in, how much better he makes them when they’ve got the ball and I expect him to bring that to our team this Sunday.
“He’s played so well for Bath for an extended period of time and has started the season well.
“He’s been in and around the squad, he’s the guy who deserves the opportunity and we feel like he’s ready to take the next step.”
Ojomoh, the son of former England back-row Steve, won his only senior cap to date on the summer tour to the Americas, starting in the 40-5 win against the USA in Washington, D.C, so this will be his home debut.
The revised England team to play Argentina:
15. Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers, 40 caps)
14. Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (Exeter Chiefs, 12 caps)
13. Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs, 73 caps)
12. Max Ojomoh (Bath Rugby, 1 cap)
11. Elliot Daly (Saracens, 73 caps)
10. George Ford (Sale Sharks, 104 caps) – vice-captain
9. Ben Spencer (Bath Rugby, 13 caps)
1. Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears, 74 caps) – vice-captain
2. Luke Cowan-Dickie (Sale Sharks, 52 caps)
3. Asher Opoku-Fordjour (Sale Sharks, 5 caps)
4. Maro Itoje (Saracens, 96 caps) – captain
5. Alex Coles (Northampton Saints, 13 caps)
6. Guy Pepper (Bath Rugby, 6 caps)
7. Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby, 44 caps)
8. Ben Earl (Saracens, 45 caps)
Replacements:
16. Theo Dan (Saracens, 19 caps)
17. Fin Baxter (Harlequins, 17 caps)
18. Will Stuart (Bath Rugby, 52 caps)
19. Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby, 33 caps)
20. Tom Curry (Sale Sharks, 64 caps)
21. Henry Pollock (Northampton Saints, 4 caps)
22. Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints, 26 caps)
23. Marcus Smith (Harlequins, 46 caps)
