Immanuel Feyi-Waboso blow for England ahead of Six Nations opener against Wales

England enter Saturday’s Guinness Six Nations opener against Wales without the electric Immanuel Feyi-Waboso in a late change that sees Tom Roebuck come on to the right wing.

Feyi-Waboso suffered a hamstring injury in training on Thursday and has been ruled out of at least the round one showdown at Allianz Stadium with England yet to provide a date for his return.

It will be hoped that the Exeter wing, his side’s most dangerous runner, recovers in time for the pivotal clash with Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday week, with Ireland’s visit to Twickenham continuing their schedule a week later.

It is an unfortunate development given he missed all of last year’s Six Nations after undergoing shoulder surgery, making his comeback on the summer tour against the USA before starting throughout the autumn.

“We’re gutted for him. He’s a very emotionally resilient guy and a hard working guy,” flanker Sam Underhill said.

“Anyone doing a medical degree and who is playing rugby probably has a level of resilience anyway. He’s a good guy no doubt he’ll be back better for it.”

Roebuck is thrust straight into the starting XV in what will be his first appearance since a try-scoring outing against New Zealand in November, at which point a broken toe cut short an impressive autumn from the 25-year-old Sale Shark.

He was initially ruled out against Wales with Steve Borthwick declaring on Monday that he needed “another week or so”, but he has now been chosen ahead of Elliot Daly.

“Steve said the other day he’d be ready in a couple of days. In an ideal world, we’d have given him an extra week but the world isn’t ideal, as we know,” scrum coach Tom Harrison said.

“He trained fully on Thursday and he’s been exceptional around the squad. I’m