Injured Feyi-Waboso is our Robinson - Sinfield

Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, England's prolific but injury-prone wing, is the 2026 team's equivalent of Rugby World Cup winner Jason Robinson says assistant coach Kevin Sinfield. He missed the 2025 Six Nations with a shoulder injury, while his 2026 tournament was ended by a hamstring injury sustained in training before England's opening-round win over Wales.

He returned this summer, scoring in wins over Fiji and Argentina, but suffered an autumn-ending ankle injury in the first half of Sunday's match against Australia. Robinson, whose acceleration and side-step brought him 28 tries in 51 appearances for England between 2001 and 2007, tore his hamstring in the Rugby World Cup final defeat by South Africa in his final Test.

"That collaboration [between England and Feyi-Waboso's club Exeter] is going be really important because these guys play a lot of rugby. England have the final say over the fitness and conditioning of centrally-contracted players such as Feyi-Waboso, but there have been disagreements in the past with Exeter over his treatment.