Steve Borthwick has confirmed that influential England centre Ollie Lawrence suffered a serious-looking Achilles injury against Italy. An otherwise impressive afternoon for the hosts at Allianz Stadium Twickenham on Sunday as they produced a 47-24 bonus-point win to take the Six Nations title fight to the final day was marred by an early injury to the Bath midfielder,

Talismanic centre Lawrence was carted off after just eight minutes and fly half Fin Smith admits the injury blow discombobulated England

Ollie Lawrence faces a race against time to be fit for the Lions tour this summer after suffering an Achilles injury in England’s win over Italy. Bath centre Lawrence was taken off on a buggy after eight minutes of Sunday's 47-24 victory at Twickenham.