England star confirms his season is over after Six Nations injury blow - Centre will not play again for club or country this term with his British & Irish Lions hopes also now ended

England centre Ollie Lawrence has confirmed that he will miss the rest of the season after suffering a serious achilles injury during the win over Italy, ending his hopes of pushing for British and Irish Lions selection.

He fell to the turf in distress after eight minutes of the 47-24 Six Nations victory over Italy at Twickenham on March 9. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Steve Borthwick has confirmed that influential England centre Ollie Lawrence suffered a serious-looking Achilles injury against Italy. An otherwise impressive afternoon for the hosts at Allianz Stadium Twickenham on Sunday as they produced a 47-24 bonus-point win to take the Six Nations title fight to the final day was marred by an early injury to the Bath midfielder,

Talismanic centre Lawrence was carted off after just eight minutes and fly half Fin Smith admits the injury blow discombobulated England

England have called up uncapped Bath centre Max Ojomoh in place of his injured club teammate Ollie Lawrence ahead of Saturday's clash with Wales in Cardiff.

Finally, this was the moment when England’s words matched their deeds, at least in terms of their attacking endeavour. Steve Borthwick has consistently talked about his side’s determination to play a high-tempo game that harnesses the athletic prowess of their back five and the speed of their back three.

A second-half flurry of tries helped England see off the challenge of Italy in a 47-24 win that puts them right in the hunt for Six Nations glory next week.