England second-row Itoje out of Scotland clash

Maro Itoje was injured against Ireland in Dublin at the start of the Six Nations (Brian Lawless/PA)

Eddie Jones was non committal when asked about Itoje’s condition in the wake of Saturday’s rout of Italy, declaring “we’ll just wait and see”, but the second row’s Championship is now definitively over with only 53 minutes played.

It was hoped he would return to face the Azzurri only to injure the same right knee that was hurt in Dublin when taking part in a forwards drill at the squad’s Surrey base.

Bizarrely, Jones raised the prospect of the British and Irish Lion being propelled back into the matchday 23 against Italy soon after he had been left out, stating that he could make a rapid recovery.

While the loss of Itoje is a blow, England can at least take heart from the performance of George Kruis at Twickenham on Saturday.

Jones singled out Kruis as his man of the match on the grounds of his work-rate and the 29-year-old is set to continue his second-row partnership with Joe Launchbury against the Scots.Harlequins youngster Marcus Smith has earned an England call (Adam Davy/PA)

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