England face a nervous wait on hooker Jamie George's fitness ahead of the Six Nations.
George captained England through 2024 but was replaced ahead of this year's championship by Maro Itoje. He was named as one of two vice-captains by head coach Steve Borthwick alongside Ellis Genge, but his participation in England's opener against Ireland on Feb. 1 is in doubt.
George was forced off late in Saracens' 32-24 defeat to Castres on Sunday. He started on the bench and came on as a 55th-minute substitute for fellow England hooker Theo Dan before he limped off late on.
"Jamie has hurt his hamstring," Mark McCall, the Saracens director of rugby said. "We're not quite sure how serious that hamstring is at the moment."
Borthwick will also be keeping a close eye on the medical report out of Northampton Saints. Both scrum-half Alex Mitchell and lock Alex Coles were injured in their 34-32 win over Munster on Saturday. Mitchell is nursing a knee injury while Coles hurt his wrist.
"Mitch got a knee on knee and that could be more of a dead-leg-type issue which can be quite debilitating in the short term to run," Saints director of rugby Phil Dowson said afterwards. "He slowed down later on, but touch wood there is nothing structural there that I am aware of.
"Alex Coles hurt his wrist, he bent it forward and he said it is quite painful. He is not overly worried but I don't know any more than that."
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