{"id":295564,"date":"2023-10-08T12:40:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T12:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=295564"},"modified":"2023-10-08T12:40:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T12:40:08","slug":"sam-underhill-replaces-jack-willis-in-englands-rugby-world-cup-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/rugby-union\/sam-underhill-replaces-jack-willis-in-englands-rugby-world-cup-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Underhill replaces Jack Willis in England&apos;s Rugby World Cup squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Sam Underhill replaces Jack Willis in England&#8217;s Rugby World Cup squad after the flanker suffered a neck injury in win over Chile<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Willis was ruled out of the remainder of the World Cup with a neck injury<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sam Underhill has now been called into England squad for knockout stages<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bath player has been plagued by injuries but will get another World Cup shot\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Latest Rugby World Cup 2023 news, including fixtures, live scores and results<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sam Underhill has been called up to England&#8217;s World Cup squad as a replacement for Jack Willis.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old was cut from Steve Borthwick&#8217;s squad in July but he will now fly out to France for the knockout stages.<\/p>\n<p>Underhill was one of the stars of the 2019 World Cup but he has been plagued by injuries, having played just one game since March.<\/p>\n<p>He was named on the bench for Bath&#8217;s Premiership Cup game against Exeter on Saturday but did not make an appearance.<\/p>\n<p>Underhill admitted last month that he was &#8216;gutted&#8217; to miss out but he has been handed a reprieve in unfortunate circumstances after Willis suffered a neck injury.<\/p>\n<p>England are expecting to face Fiji in the quarter final in Marseille, and they are also awaiting updates on an injury to Manu Tuilagi.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/08\/12\/76299753-12607367-image-a-100_1696763050390.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sam Underhill has been called into the England Rugby World Cup squad to replace Jack Willis\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/08\/12\/76299857-12607367-image-a-101_1696763082042.jpg\" height=\"427\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Underhill was an England star of the 2019 World Cup and will return for the knockout stages<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/08\/12\/76224961-12607367-Willis_pictured_celebrating_after_he_scored_England_s_eleventh_t-a-111_1696763351019.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>&#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 last week.<\/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>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-12607367\/Sam-Underhill-replaces-Jack-Willis-Englands-Rugby-World-Cup-squad-flanker-suffered-neck-injury-win-Chile.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Underhill replaces Jack Willis in England&#8217;s Rugby World Cup squad after the flanker suffered a neck injury in win <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295563,"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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sam Underhill replaces Jack Willis in England&amp;apos;s Rugby World Cup squad - Sportstons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/rugby-union\/sam-underhill-replaces-jack-willis-in-englands-rugby-world-cup-squad\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sam Underhill replaces Jack Willis in England&amp;apos;s Rugby World Cup squad - 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