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Wigglesworth wins call

England have called Sale scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth into their World Cup training squad as cover for Pete Richards, who is undergoing treatment for acute lower back pain.

Richards suffered the injury at the end of last week and was forced to withdraw from the England bench on Saturday morning, just hours before their record 62-5 victory over Wales.

Wigglesworth was the England Saxons' first-choice scrum-half in their victorious Churchill Cup campaign earlier this summer.

England will have a clearer idea of Richards' condition as the week goes on but it will be a major frustration for the London Irish scrum-half if he is ruled out of Saturday's Test against France.

The Twickenham clash will be the last opportunity for head coach Brian Ashton to look at his squad before naming England's 30-man World Cup squad on August 14.

Shaun Perry took the opportunity of his start against Wales to produce a man-of-the-match performance behind England's dominant pack and lay down a marker for the World Cup scrum-half berth.

Ashton is set to make changes for the France game and Gomarsall, who started both Tests on the summer tour of South Africa, will hope to be involved when the team is announced on Tuesday.

England have also spent the day assessing injuries to captain Phil Vickery, who limped out of the action at half-time on Saturday with an ankle injury, and Mark Cueto.

The Sale full-back suffered a suspected pulled groin in the warm-up on Saturday, forcing England into a late change.

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