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RFU statement: George Ford ruled out of England tour

England's George Ford (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)

England will tour Japan and New Zealand without George Ford who became Steve Borthwick’s first-choice No10 during the recent Guinness Six Nations after Owen Farrell took a post-Rugby World Cup Test sabbatical.

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Ford was expected to be named on Monday in the official tour squad along with fellow out-halves Marcus Smith and Fin Smith, but that will no longer be the case due to injury.

A statement read: “George Ford will miss England’s Summer Series to Japan and New Zealand. The fly-half is recovering from a pre-existing achilles injury and together with Sale Sharks it has been agreed that the 31-year-old will not tour with England this summer.”

Borthwick said: “Naturally we are disappointed that George won’t be with us in Japan and New Zealand. But following specialist medical advice, and in consultation with George himself, we have decided this is the best course of action.

“George is a big part of the England team and is an excellent professional who I know will rehab diligently to ensure he gets himself right as soon as he can.”

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The non-availability of Ford is offset by an assurance that Fin Smith, who missed the closing stage of Saturday’s Gallagher Premiership win for Northampton, will be fit to travel. He came off in the final in the 70th minute with cramp.

However, England will still need to pick a third out-half unless Borthwick decides to only travel with the Smiths and ask full-back George Furbank to provide additional cover at No10. He finished the Premiership final playing at out-half after Smith limped off.

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England begin their tour with a game in Tokyo on June 22 which will be shown live and for free on RugbyPass TV. A two-match series versus the All Blacks in Dunedin and Auckland will follow on July 6 and 13.

 

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Anthony 294 days ago

Unfortunately people keep rolling out the same old comments about Marcus Smith . Did you not watch the Bordeaux game , or Toulouse. He was fantastic. Scored a try against world class defence . 11 tries in all in the season. Ford scored nil tries, zero , zilch all season For anyone. . .
Thats a minimum of 55 points Smith contributed or 77 if all converted .
When you need to win the game utterly nobody would put money on Ford taking the ball and going for it . The last 10 mins of the Sale v Bath was a great example. knocked on passes from poor distribution , and one utterly dreadful hospital pass to his centre when the defence was about to hit him.
Yes, as long as the forwards are on top he can be wonderful, but with so many teams all roughly similar when anyone can beat you , he just cannot stand up and take the game in the way Marcus can , Or Fin . Or Owen , Or Fin Russell.
We have all cried for a change in the way England play. Now we will see the difference with a genuine attacking 10 whoever Borthwick selects.

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Anthony 297 days ago

While wishing ford a successful recovery at least Borthwick will now Have to play one of the Smiths for a full game .
Marcus rejuvenated the England attack when ford was taken off against Ireland . To me it was a defining moment when he s ored the winning points .
Argument over. It was there for all to see . The cheer when Marcus came on said everything .
Both Smiths are the future . Dont think we will see ford again now .

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finn 298 days ago

This is a really massive shame, but we should be fine without a 3rd specialist 10.

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