Eddie Jones confident of Denny Solomona making to Argentina tour amid fitness concerns

England coach Eddie Jones remained upbeat on Sale Sharks winger Denny Solomona making to the tour of Argentina despite concerns over his fitness.

Solomona suffered a foot injury during the training camp with the red rose team in Brighton following which Harlequins' Marland Yarde was called as cover for the 23-year-old.

Initially it was reported that Solomona's England debut might have to wait but Jones stated that the former Samoa rugby league international has been showing promising signs on his recovery from the injury.

"He's going well, he trained well yesterday with no repercussions so he's progressing nicely," said Jones. "We expect him to go on tour.

"He hasn't had any discomfort from his foot. At first we were quite pessimistic about it but it's nice that it looks like he can go on tour and we can see what he can do."

After a controversial switch from rugby league club Castleford Tigers to Aviva Premiership side Sale Sharks, Solomona declared himself available for England in March and was drafted into the squad for the two-Test series against Argentina.

Even though, Jones stated that Solomona might need time to adapt to rugby union, he was impressed on what the 6 ft 3 in winger achieved in his short stint with Sale Sharks.

"He does that at training now - he's scored a couple of cracking tries at training where he just sees the opportunity, takes it and makes the right decision.

"He's got enough gas to turn that opportunity into points and that's the the beauty of him.

"He's going to have to learn a lot of work off the ball because the role of a winger compared to the role of a winger in rugby league is massively different in terms of covering the back field. That takes time.

"It's a hard position, it's a really difficult position so that's going to take time. But he's got the aptitude to learn and he's got some good guys to learn from."

Chris Robshaw (sore ankle) and Nathan Hughes (neck problem) are also kept under the observation following their injuries in the recently concluded Aviva Premiership final while Sam Underhill is recovering from a shoulder injury that he sustained against the Barbarians.