Ellis Genge has emerged as the leading contender to captain England if Courtney Lawes and Owen Farrell are not passed fit to face Argentina on Sunday week.
Lawes and Farrell are missing from the five-day training camp here in Jersey due to head injuries and neither yet has a firm date to return.
In their absence England assistant coach Richard Cockerill said Genge not only had the “trust” of Eddie Jones’ management team but “strong leadership qualifications”. Cockerill, who signed a raw and fiery Genge in 2016 when boss of Leicester, waxed lyrical about the Bristol prop.
