England injury update: Curry, Farrell, Tuilagi

The powerhouse centre initially returned to England's XV for Saturday's Six Nations win over Wales but was ruled out of the squad hours later after he suffered a recurrence of the hamstring injury that sidelined him in November.

Tuilagi has been sent back to Sale with director of rugby Alex Sanderson wanting better alignment when managing the star.

"It was probably just a little bit too far, a little bit too soon," he told reporters. "We’ve spoken to Eddie and liaised with England’s physios and S&C [strength and conditioning] staff.

"We’re all on the same page and we need to catch up post-Six Nations to understand how we can potentially manage it better. But we’re struggling to see how we can at the moment, apart from it being too much too soon.

"You can look and delve into things and go down rabbit holes, but sometimes you can see ghosts which aren’t actually there. It’s important to understand that.

"The reason why we want to sit down together is over concern for the player. It’s not over grey areas. I just want us to be on the same page."

The hooker could miss the rest of the season after injuring knee ligaments against Wales.

The 28-year-old Exeter captain limped off in the first half of England's Six Nations win over Wales last week.

"It's a pretty significant injury. It's an operative injury on a knee ligament and a bit of cartilage damage," said Exeter director of rugby Rob Baxter.

"He's definitely going to be out for a significant period of time, possibly the rest of the season."

The flanker will miss training this week while he recovers from a head knock.

Curry has joined up with the Red Rose squad for the camp in Bristol, to go through his return-to-play protocols.

The Exeter lock remains with the squad as he continues his recovery from an ankle injury.

The England captain has not featured since the Autumn Nations Series in November but Sarries boss Mark McCall insists that the 30-year-old is on track to be back on the field before the end of the month.

“His recovery is going positively, and we’re certainly hoping he’ll be back playing towards the end of March – exactly when that will be I’m not sure,” he told reporters. “It’s weeks rather than months.

“He’s not doing any training with the team, he’s still with our performance team, but he’s actively involved in meetings, preparation and that kind of thing.

“He is getting closer to being able to play again so there are only hopefully three, four, five weeks before he plays again.

“He is excited about getting his boots back on, getting out there and helping the team again. He always has got a huge influence anyway, just how smart he is about the game and how good he is at helping a lot of the individuals in the team.”