England hooker Jamie George has received an SOS from the British & Irish Lions ahead of the first test against Australia next Saturday, as cover for Luke Cowan-Dickie, while centre Garry Ringrose is ruled out of the fixture with concussion.
Cowan-Dickie took a blow to the head in the 48-0 win over a Australia-New Zealand invitational side at Adelaide Oval on Saturday, leading to the call-up of George just hours before he was due to start for England against Argentina in San Juan.
England have drafted in Theo Dan to start against the Argentines, with Curtis Langdon on the replacement bench.
Ireland midfielder Ringrose, who scored a try in the 36-24 win over the ACT Brumbies on Wednesday, was replaced by Huw Jones in the Lions team on Saturday.
"Garry again had a concussion from last week, lingering signs of concussion so he had a headache and unfortunately he failed that," head coach Andy Farrell told Sky.
"That's very sad for Garry but he'll be back within the rest of the series very shortly so that's just the way the game goes."
Centre/fullback Jamie Osborne was called up to the squad as additional training cover during the week.
Cowan-Dickie came off second-best in a tackle against big lock Lukhan Salakaia-Loto before half-time at Adelaide Oval and was carted off the ground.
Farrell said the England hooker was in good spirits but it looked like he had also suffered concussion.
"He got up straight away as he got off the stretcher and he's back to being his normal self," added Farrell.
"It's unfortunate for him... so we'll see what has to happen on the back of that."
Farrell's son Owen, the former England captain, did his chances of selection for the three-match series against the Wallabies no harm with a solid outing against
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