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

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,

He fell to the turf in distress after eight minutes of the 47-24 Six Nations victory over Italy at Twickenham on March 9. Read more at straitstimes.com.