Captain Lewis Moody will not play in England’s opening Rugby World Cup match against Argentina on Saturday after failing to recover from a knee injury.
The 33 year-old suffered a recurrence of the ligament injury in England’s first World Cup warm-up game against Wales at Twickenham. Moody hurt the knee playing for Bath and missed the Six Nations.
Moody is hopeful of adding to his 67 caps and was “on the right path” for the Argentina match. He has played only 62 minutes of Test rugby this year and England’s next fixture is on 18 September against Georgia.
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