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BBC News
10 hours ago
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- BBC News
Van Poortvliet called up to train with Lions as cover for Gibson-Park
Leicester scrum-half Jack van Poortvliet has been called up to train with the British and Irish Lions after Ireland's Jamison Gibson-Park suffered a minor glute Poortvliet will fly to Dublin on Tuesday morning to help the team prepare for their match against Argentina on England's Alex Mitchell and Wales' Tomos Williams are the three scrum-halves named in head coach Andy Farrell's original has called up several players to help the Lions prepare for their warm-up match against the Pumas, with England front-rowers Jamie George and Asher Opoku-Fordjour filling in, in the absence of players involved in the Premiership and United Rugby Championship finals last weekend, before returning Poortvliet was England's first-choice nine before the 2023 Rugby World Cup but sustained an ankle injury, which forced him to withdraw from the tournament and gave Mitchell an opportunity to stake his has been in fine form during Leicester's run to the Premiership final and edged ahead of Harry Randall to earn a place on the bench at the back end of England's Six Nations widely assumed to be the leading contender to start at nine in the three-Test series against Australia this summer, pulled out of Leinster's URC final against the Bulls on the morning of Saturday's is part of a contingent of Leinster players who arrive for Lions duty carrying injuries, with tight-head prop Tadhg Furlong and full-back Hugo Keenan reporting calf has made just nine appearances for his province and Ireland this season and is a particular concern with Scotland's Zander Fagerson already pulling out of the tour with Bealham and England's Will Stuart are the other tight-head options in the squad, with Opoku-Fordjour, who can play on both sides of the scrum, seemingly on stand-by after his role in camp last Poortvliet's call-up to the Lions leaves England a scrum-half short as they prepare for their match against a France XV at Twickenham's Allianz Stadium on Saturday.
Reuters
11 hours ago
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- Reuters
Van Poortvliet to join Lions ahead of warm-up fixture against Argentina
June 17 (Reuters) - Leicester Tigers and England scrumhalf Jack van Poortvliet will join the British and Irish Lions in Dublin as cover for their warm-up fixture against Argentina, the rugby union team said on Tuesday. The Lions currently have three scrumhalves - Jamison Gibson-Park, Alex Mitchell and Tomos Williams - available in their squad, but Gibson-Park is managing a minor glute strain, prompting Van Poortvliet's inclusion. The 24-year-old, who has earned 15 caps for England, was named in Steve Borthwick's 36-player training squad on Monday for their match against France XV on Saturday. The Lions match against Argentina is scheduled for Friday.
CNA
11 hours ago
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- CNA
Van Poortvliet to join Lions ahead of warm-up fixture against Argentina
Leicester Tigers and England scrumhalf Jack van Poortvliet will join the British and Irish Lions in Dublin as cover for their warm-up fixture against Argentina, the rugby union team said on Tuesday. The Lions currently have three scrumhalves - Jamison Gibson-Park, Alex Mitchell and Tomos Williams - available in their squad, but Gibson-Park is managing a minor glute strain, prompting Van Poortvliet's inclusion. The 24-year-old, who has earned 15 caps for England, was named in Steve Borthwick's 36-player training squad on Monday for their match against France XV on Saturday. The Lions match against Argentina is scheduled for Friday.
