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Injuries hamper England
3 October 2006, 9:40 am
England head coach Andy Robinson has been forced to work with depleted resources once again after only 23 of his 40-man elite squad reported fit for training at Loughborough.
Andy Farrell completed his first England training session but only six of the 18 backs named in the senior squad on August 1 were available.

Robinson boosted numbers by handing opportunities to Wasps Academy and England Under-19 fly-half Dan Cipriani and Under-21 intentional full-back Nick Abendanon.

Cipriani, who starred in Wasps' Middlesex Sevens triumph on the eve of the new season, was included in England's Intermediate Academy for this year, while Bath's Abendanon is in the core sevens squad.

They are joined at the camp by 11 members of the National Academy squad, including winger Tom Varndell who has just been loaned out from Leicester to Bedford.

Robinson said: Its important that players from both the Senior and Intermediate National Academies are involved in these training camps.

The contribution of the Senior National Academy players last week and this has been excellent and I am impressed by their attitude both on and off the pitch.

They have stepped up to the mark and fitted in well and havent been fazed by being involved at this level.

Daniel is a player who has come through the RFU Academy system at London Wasps and is one of many young players we are closely monitoring.

We have also called up Nick Abendanon from Englands core sevens squad and we are keen to see him train this week.

Robinson is holding the second of three training camps at his old university to prepare England for their autumn Tests, starting against New Zealand on November 5, followed by Argentina and two clashes with South Africa.

England have lost their last five internationals and the new coaching team need every opportunity possible to nail down the preparations.

The number of backs unavailable will frustrate Brian Ashton, who is tasked with re-igniting England's attacking play in the build-up to the World Cup.

We are looking forward to another week together and with more players available we will get some more quality training done, he said.

This is the middle of our three training camps and they are proving vital to our preparations for the autumn Investec Challenge series.


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