Immanuel Feyi-Waboso and Tom Curry will be carefully managed between now and the World Cup as England look to give two key personnel the best possible chance of being available for the tournament.

Feyi-Waboso will miss the rest of the autumn because of an ankle injury sustained in Sunday’s 44-22 mauling of Australia, robbing England of their most dangerous attacking threat.

And British and Irish Lions flanker Curry will sit out all four Nations Championship matches at Allianz Stadium this month after aggravating a long-standing hip condition in training last week.

Both players will travel to next year’s World Cup in Australia if fit but have concerning injury records that paint an uncertain picture over their involvement.

Tom Curry is managing a persistent hip problem and will miss the autumn campaign (Steven Paston/PA) (PA Wire)

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