Sam Underhill has been ruled out of England’s deciding Test against Australia on Saturday, forcing Eddie Jones to further shuffle his pack for the pivotal game in Sydney. Underhill sustained a head injury in the second half of last Saturday’s victory in Brisbane and joins Maro Itoje in being withdrawn from the squad prematurely.
Jones had already lost his first-choice openside flanker, Tom Curry, to concussion and with Underhill ruled out for the same reason England will seek to wrap up the series without their “Kamikaze Kids” – a nickname given to them in the build-up to the 2019 World Cup when they formed a formidable double act.
