England wait on Sackey diagnosis

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Sackey was withdrawn from Wasps' Heineken Cup game against Munster on Saturday after showing the first signs of mumps.

Wasps and England turned to the local Health Protection Agency to help confirm the diagnosis, which is expected today after Sackey underwent saliva tests.

England, who meet again on Monday ahead of the tournament opener against Wales on February 2, are also sweating on the fitness of lock Simon Shaw and scrum-half Peter Richards.

Shaw is waiting for the results of an MRI scan on the ankle injury he sustained in the defeat to Munster at the weekend.

The Wasps lock was hobbling around Twickenham on Monday but is confident the injury is not as bad as first feared.

Richards saw a specialist on Monday after injuring tendons in his left bicep during London Irish's Heineken Cup win at Treviso.

As a result, Richards' Exiles team-mate Paul Hodgson was called in to join the training session at Twickenham along with Gloucester number eight Luke Narraway and Bath flanker Michael Lipman.