Injured Feyi-Waboso is our Robinson – Sinfield

Immanuel Feyi-Waboso is the 2026 team's equivalent of Rugby World Cup winner Jason Robinson says assistant coach Kevin Sinfield. Feyi-Waboso had a superb second-minute score ruled out for a forward pass in a previous phase during Sunday's win over Australia Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, England's prolific but injury-prone wing, is the 2026 team's equivalent of Rugby World Cup winner Jason Robinson says assistant coach Kevin Sinfield. Feyi-Waboso has scored nine tries in 17 appearances for England since making his Test debut against Italy in 2024. However, his progress with England has been checked by a string of injuries. He missed the 2025 Six Nations with a shoulder injury, while his 2026 tournament was ended by a hamstring injury sustained in training before England's opening-round win over Wales.
He returned this summer, scoring in wins over Fiji and Argentina, but suffered an autumn-ending ankle injury in the first half of Sunday's match against Australia. Robinson, whose acceleration and side-step brought him 28 tries in 51 appearances for England between 2001 and 2007, tore his hamstring in the Rugby World Cup final defeat by South Africa in his final Test. "He is our Jason Robinson," said Sinfield, who played against Robinson during the pair's days in rugby league. "When you have a player who is that explosive and that powerful sometimes a run of
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