England delay squad announcement until Friday

England coach Eddie Jones has delayed the squad announcement for the clash against Fiji until Friday morning in a bid to allow Billy Vunipola, Nathan Hughes and Elliot Daly to prove their fitness.

Vunipola has been struggling with a upper body soreness while Hughes and Daly has a lower leg injury and upper body injury respectively. However, Hughes and Daly took part in the final training session with the red rose team on Thursday.

Meanwhile, Northampton Saints flanker Tom Wood has been recalled into the squad after he was dropped earlier following the game against Springboks.

The move of England has been approved by the World Rugby, who ratified the rule of naming teams 48 hours before the game kicks-off in January.

"We've had a really good week's preparation, albeit a few injury concerns which we're trying to sort out at the moment," head coach Eddie Jones said.

"We'll have those sorted out by tomorrow so we'll announce the team tomorrow which is a deviation from our normal procedure but in line with the regulations of team announcements.

"So we're looking forward to the game and we're going to put on a really vibrant, aggressive display.

"Bill and Nathan are still carrying knocks from the South Africa game, Elliot Daly is still carrying knocks from the previous game so we're looking to see how they resolve themselves in the next 24 hours before we make a final decision.

"The South Africa game was a very tough game physically so we are still carrying some knocks and bruises from that. We'll resolve that in the next 24 hours."

Earlier, Jones said England might have to "bore Fiji to death" in order to frustrate the Pacific Islands team.

Despite, the statistics are hugely in favour of England, Jones wants professional approach from his team.

"They want to have a kava party but you can't join the party. We don't want to have a kava party, we want to eat fish and chips, so we will be making sure we eat fish and chips on Saturday," Jones said.

"You just don't want to open the game up too much. You go anywhere in Fiji and kids are playing with the ball, they are throwing it around.

"At the age of 10 kids can throw 15-metre torpedo passes through their legs, so we've got to play a very structured, controlled, positive game."