Charvis in fitness race

THE WALES flanker Colin Charvis will have an X ray today on his injured groin having admitted he has little chance of being fit…

THE WALES flanker Colin Charvis will have an X ray today on his injured groin having admitted he has little chance of being fit for the international against England in Cardiff on Saturday.

He was unable to train along with the prop David Young who has ankle trouble. Better news for Wales is that wing Ieuan Evans and prop Christian Loader are both expected to play.

"It is not looking good for me," said Charvis. "I am not going to build my hopes up. It has been a bad couple of days because I have also been having migraine attacks. I think I have been training too much."

Charvis strained his groin last week training with Wales's World Cup Sevens squad and he is unlikely to make the flight to Hong Kong.

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Meanwhile, stand off Paul Grayson is "very unlikely" to make England's Triple Crown bid. England coach Jack Rowell has added two new names to his squad as cover for Grayson's likely replacement Mike Catt.

To reinforce the stand off and goal kicking options as potential back up to Catt, Rowell has added Wasps uncapped stand off Alex King and Bath's full back Jonathan Callard, capped five times, to the 27 man squad.

Grayson will be subject toga fitness test by physio Kevin Murphy in advance of the team being named today.

Grayson has collected a phenomenal 133 points in just eight Tests.