James Haskell misses England training adds new twist to club versus country row

By Gavin Mairs, Rugby News Correspondent Published: 2:32PM GMT 04 March 2010

Absent: James Haskell has turn the ultimate player struck by the go through bug Photo: GETTY IMAGES

Stade Francais have refuted claims by the RFU that Haskell is firm by an agreement to have him accessible for all of Englands chosen player patrol durations and have demanded that he earnings to Paris rught away so he is accessible for their Top fourteen compare opposite Toulouse on Saturday.

Rob Andrew, the Rugby Football Unions executive of chosen rugby, certified on Thursday that they had was no agreement in in in in between Stade and but insisted that Haskell had since them assurances that his stipulate authorised him to sojourn with England.

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But it right away appears that Haskell would be struggling to be fit to fool around for Stade Francais in any case, carrying turn the sixth player to be strike by a go through bug. Wasps flanker Joe Worsley was called up to sight with the patrol on Thursday as Haskell"s replacement.

"James didnt sight today, he has the weekly illness," pronounced England physical education instructor Martin Johnson. "I have oral with the alloy and he says you cant feign those symptoms. He has a go through bug."

Johnson additionally certified that both Wasps close Simon Shaw and London Irish full-back Delon Armitage are vital doubts for the Six Nations compare opposite Scotland on March 13.

"Delons rib damage is formidable to call when he be fit but he and Simon are surpassing unequivocally well," Johnson said.

"We will know some-more subsequent week but it is likely, quite Simon, that they will be ruled out (of the Scotland game).

"We would similar to black and white decisions about injuries but they are never black and white. Guys heal at opposite rates, quite with ribs. It can be weeks, months or days."

As for the tug-of-war with Stade Francais over Haskell, Andrew said: "The RFU have not asserted at any theatre that there is a sealed square of paper in in in in between the RFU and a bar but we have been since assurances by James and his advisors that he has agreement with Stade that he can do the recover durations for England precision as per the EPS agreement.

"It is effectively a preference in in in in between the player and the club. There is no issue in in in in between Stade Francais and the RFU. The French clubs have been illusory this deteriorate and we have had a unequivocally great operative attribute with all of them.

"This is the initial and usually situation that we have had to understanding with in this initial deteriorate of carrying players over in France.

Andrew added: "We have asked the players to us undertakings from their advisors, agents or lawyers that they have concluded with their clubs what we effectively need for them to be in the England squad. We done this unequivocally transparent last July.

"We have an endeavour from James counsel that he has the recover durations that we need in his agreement with his club."