Scrum-half Raffi Quirke has been called into the England squad for their Nations Championship match against Argentina next Saturday.
Quirke, who has signed for Newcastle Red Bulls after moving from Sale Sharks, is a replacement for the injured Alex Mitchell, who was forced off with a hamstring injury in Saturday’s 73-8 win over Fiji in Liverpool
The 24-year-old also replaced Mitchell in this year’s Six Nations squad when Mitchell was again ruled out through injury.
Quirke has two international caps, becoming England’s youngest scrum-half in more than 90 years when he made his debut in 2021.
He also lined out for an England XV against a France XV in a Nations Championship warm-up in France last month.
Leicester’s Jack van Poortvliet and Bath’s Ben Spencer are coach Steve Borthwick’s other options in the position for England’s final Test of the summer at Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades in Santiago del Estero.
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