England centre Henry Slade has been ruled out of the tour of Argentina and the United States due to a hand injury.
The Exeter back sustained the injury during Saturday’s 35-12 win over the Pumas in the opening Test in La Plata, in which he played the full 80 minutes.
England confirmed in a brief statement on X that the 32-year-old will play no further part for Steve Borthwick’s squad, who are preparing for Saturday’s second Test in San Juan.
Slade, one of England’s senior players with 74 Test appearances, will also miss the following week’s one-off Test against the USA in Washington DC.
Borthwick could call on either Bath’s Max Ojomoh or Harlequins’ Oscar Beard for the second Test after Gloucester’s Seb Atkinson made his England debut alongside Slade in the opener.
England scored four tries to two in La Plata, with wing Tom Roebuck going over twice and Freddie Steward and Cadan Murley also crossing.
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