England coach gives injury update on Maro Itoje

Steve Borthwick says Maro Itoje is recovering well from his knee injury and refused to rule him out of their Six Nations game with Wales.

“We talked about Maro coming back for the latter of the tournament and he’s making good progress.”. revealed the England forward coach, in an interview with Sky Sports.

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“We are going on a day-by-day basis. The target is still the latter part of the tournament.

“Our strength and conditioning and medical team are working exceptionally hard with him.”