England will be without their number nine and one of their stand out players so far in this tournament the in form Northampton play maker Alex Mitchell.
England are set to take on Scotland next up in Edinburgh in the Calcutta Cup and this is a massive blow for the Red Roses. England will be hoping to get the win up in Scotland so their next game will be a Grand Slam decider with Ireland in Dublin ..
🌹 BREAKING: Alex Mitchell will miss the rest of the Six Nations after suffering a Grade 2 ACL injury.
Big calls to make now…
Would assume Danny Care starts the rest of the way with Ben Spencer on the bench.#GuinnessSixNations
— Tight Five Rugby (@TightFive_Rugby) February 19, 2024
BREAKING: Alex Mitchell ruled out of next weekend's England versus Scotland Six Nations match.
– Mitchell's absence is one of 2️⃣ changes to Steve Borthwick's squad of 36, writes Liam Heagney #EnglandRugby #GuinnessM6N #SCOvENG https://t.co/TV7mb0NH2J
— RugbyPass (@RugbyPass) February 18, 2024
Who will start at nine now? Surely Danny Care, with all his experience, he is surely the right man when you need a cool head in Scotland when all the Scots are screaming at you.
So far the Six Nations has been largely disappointing with Ireland being the best team by a mile in the tournament and look very much on track to be the first team to win back to back Grand Slams.
I think that the SRFU will alert Edinburgh Air space to beware of low-flying rugby balls Danny Care maybe at scrum half.