England's Underhill an injury doubt ahead of Six Nations

ByReuters

Published 03/01/2019 at 03:50 GMT

Jan 3 (Reuters) - England flanker Sam Underhill is a doubt for the start of their Six Nations campaign after sustaining an ankle injury in Bath's victory over Leicester Tigers.

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Bath have confirmed Underhill damaged his ankle ligaments in Sunday's Premiership clash and he will see a specialist to find out the extent of the injury.

Underhill, who has nine England caps, featured in three of the November internationals and was a standout player in the one-point defeat against world champions New Zealand.

England kick off their Six Nations campaign against title holders Ireland on Feb. 2, before facing France at Twickenham eight days later.

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