Bath prop Matt Stevens is battling to be fit for England’s Calcutta Cup clash against Scotland at Murrayfield next Saturday.
Stevens, who started England’s opening RBS 6 Nations games against Wales and Italy, suffered a shoulder injury in Guinness Premiership action for Bath against London Irish two days ago.
It is understood the nine times-capped forward is unlikely to recover in time, meaning a possible recall for Leicester tighthead Julian White.
Wasps wing Tom Voyce, meanwhile, lost a couple of teeth during his club’s Premiership draw with Bristol yesterday, while team-mate Stuart Abbott suffered a "dead" leg in the same game.
Voyce started at full-back in the 31-16 victory over Italy nine days ago, and would be expected to retain that role at Murrayfield if Josh Lewsey is not declared fit following his shoulder problem which sidelined him from the Rome encounter.
England head coach Andy Robinson plans to announce the starting line-up tomorrow afternoon.
"It is only 48 hours since (Stevens) played, and 24 hours for the Wasps boys," said Robinson. "We’ve got to see how they recovered in that time. Normally with injuries, we should know in 24 hours if they are going to be fit or not."
White, who would be favourite to take over from Stevens, has not started a Six Nations game since England beat Wales at Twickenham last term.
He has though, appeared twice off the bench in this season’s Six Nations, replacing Andrew Sheridan on each occasion.
