{"id":290221,"date":"2023-10-05T22:28:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T22:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=290221"},"modified":"2023-10-05T22:28:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T22:28:34","slug":"england-flanker-willis-is-ruled-out-of-the-world-cup-with-neck-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/rugby-union\/england-flanker-willis-is-ruled-out-of-the-world-cup-with-neck-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"England flanker Willis is ruled out of the World Cup with neck injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>England flanker Jack Willis is ruled out of the World Cup after suffering a neck injury during victory over Chile<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>England&#8217;s Jack Willis has been ruled out of the World Cup with a neck injury<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Steve Borthwick confirmed the news and that a replacement will be called up\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mail Sport&#8217;s new WhatsApp Channel: Get the breaking news and exclusives here\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>England flanker Jack Willis has been ruled out of the World Cup with a neck injury.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Steve Borthwick\u00a0revealed the forward suffered the injury during last week&#8217;s victory over Chile and a replacement will join the squad next week.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Pearson, Alex Dombrandt and Tom Willis are potential back-row replacements.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Jack unfortunately suffered an injury in the Test match versus Chile that he&#8217;s worked to recover from and to rehab from,&#8217; said Borthwick.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Unfortunately he&#8217;s been unable at this stage to be fit and what that&#8217;s meant is that Jack has left the squad.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We anticipate the injury will be just a few weeks but given the timescales we&#8217;re operating in it means he will be replaced in the squad.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He&#8217;s naturally very, very disappointed. His returned to being back on the field has already started. I think that&#8217;s (a sign of) the determined man like that, that he wants to be the very best. He&#8217;s getting stuck into the work that needs to be done. &#8216;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/05\/21\/76224937-12599853-image-a-34_1696539470255.jpg\" height=\"432\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>England flanker Jack Willis (pictured) has been ruled out of the World Cup with a neck injury<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/05\/21\/76224961-12599853-image-a-35_1696539538172.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Willis pictured celebrating after he scored England&#8217;s eleventh try of the night against Chile<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-12599853\/England-flanker-Jack-Willis-ruled-World-Cup-suffering-neck-injury-victory-Chile.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England flanker Jack Willis is ruled out of the World Cup after suffering a neck injury during victory over Chile<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290220,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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