Cueto blow for England

England have been dealt yet another injury blow ahead of their Twickenham clash against World Cup favourites New Zealand on Sunday.

Sale Sharks wing Mark Cueto is out of the team after failing to recover in time from an ankle injury sustained during his side's Heineken Cup defeat against the Ospreys 11 days ago.

Uncapped Wasps wing Paul Sackey has been drafted into the side as a third debutant, joining Gloucester centre Anthony Allen and Bristol scrum-half Shaun Perry.

Sackey, 26, has amassed a half-century of Premiership tries during his career, while his previous representative experience included appearances for England Saxons during the Churchill Cup in Canada earlier this year, England Under-21s and England Sevens.

Cueto becomes the latest player to miss out, with the likes of Josh Lewsey, Olly Barkley, Jonny Wilkinson, James Forrester and Steve Borthwick already sidelined.

So bad is Robinson's injury situation that he called up three players from outside his squad to join training on Tuesday - Bristol number eight Dan Ward-Smith, Castres centre Phil Christophers and Wasps full-back Mark Van Gisbergen.

Van Gisbergen has been named on the replacements' bench, which Robinson confirmed as England trained at Bisham Abbey on Tuesday.

The substitutes also include uncapped 34-year-old Sale prop Stuart Turner, who is joined by his Sale colleagues Chris Jones and Magnus Lund, Bath hooker Lee Mears, Gloucester scrum-half Peter Richards and Leicester fly-half Andy Goode.

Wasps flanker Tom Rees, a strong candidate for the bench, was not considered because of a shoulder injury he suffered on Heineken Cup duty in Perpignan last Saturday.