England's Roebuck A Doubt For Fiji Game And Steward Yet To Train

Quilter Nations Series: England v Fiji

Venue: Allianz Stadium, Twickenham Date: Saturday, 8 November Kick-off: 17:40 GMT

Coverage: Live connected BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra and unrecorded matter commentary connected nan BBC Sport website and app

Wing Tom Roebuck is simply a uncertainty for England's lucifer pinch Fiji connected Saturday aft limping retired of training connected Tuesday pinch an ankle injury.

Roebuck played a cardinal domiciled successful 2 of England's tries as they ran retired 25-7 winners against nan Wallabies past weekend.

Full-back Freddie Steward is besides yet to train this week aft picking up a manus wounded successful nan closing stages of nan triumph complete nan Wallabies.

Head coach Steve Borthwick will corroborate his matchday squad connected Thursday pinch England looking for their ninth triumph successful a row.

If Steward is unavailable for selection, Marcus Smith is simply a contender to commencement astatine 15 aft missing retired connected nan squad past weekend.

Smith, namesake Fin, and headdress centurion George Ford are nan 3 fly-halves successful nan wider squad, and adjunct coach Kevin Sinfield admits keeping each 3 happy is simply a challenge.

"You don't, you don't [keep them each happy]," Sinfield told BBC Sport.

"But that's really it should be. At this level location is ever personification who is simply a spot disgruntled aliases who has a spot of frustration. They are each impatient because they each want nan garment now.

"But they are each bully men who understand nan worth of nan team. Of people it is going to return immoderate managing but they understand astatine times they are going to get bad news, and they person to activity done it for illustration everyone else."

And Sinfield says Marcus Smith would beryllium much than happy to capable successful again astatine full-back, wherever he has regularly featured complete nan past 2 years.

"He would ever opportunity connected grounds he is simply a 10, but he understands that - erstwhile you look crossed each sports - nan champion players don't ever play successful nan position they play for their clubs," Sinfield said.

Meanwhile, Sinfield says it is only a matter of clip earlier Henry Pollock makes his first commencement for his country.

Pollock has made a mates of startling cameos disconnected nan bench, scoring 2 tries against Wales successful March and a game-breaking people against Australia.

"He's very assured and perfectly believes successful his ability. He's a awesome feline astir nan group, he's different, but he brings power and enthusiasm, and nan feline tin play," said Sinfield.

"To person each nan things he has arsenic a 20-year-old is beautiful remarkable. He'll support striving to get amended and amended and it won't beryllium agelong earlier he gets a commencement I'm sure."