England was forced to marque a precocious alteration to its starting lineup for Sunday's (4.30am AEDT) rugby Test against Australia aft losing different prop connected what manager Eddie Jones called their COVID-19 "rollercoaster."
Ellis Genge returned a affirmative trial connected Friday and has gone into isolation.
England said nary different affirmative tests were received among players oregon staff, and grooming went up arsenic planned.
Genge was replaced by the uncapped Bevan Rodd, who was called into the squad lone aft chap prop Joe Marler tested affirmative for COVID-19 connected Monday.
Trevor Davison has been promoted to the bench.
It is the 2nd consecutive November Test wherever Jones has had to alteration plans astatine the past infinitesimal due to the fact that of a subordinate investigating affirmative for coronavirus.
England skipper Owen Farrell did truthful up of the crippled against Tonga past weekend, which the English won 69-3.
It proved to beryllium a mendacious positive, but Farrell was told that lone connected Sunday.
"We conscionable dainty it arsenic mean now. Every time is an escapade and we're connected spot of a rollercoaster astatine the moment," Jones said.
"COVID keeps coming. We conscionable judge it and get connected with it. It's not going to spell away, it volition support coming. Every clip we person a lawsuit we woody with it better, emotionally and operationally."
Missing the Cook Cup clash is simply a stroke for Genge, who has established himself arsenic England's archetypal prime loosehead aft years of fierce contention with Marler and Mako Vunipola.
Genge volition besides miss the lucifer against South Africa adjacent weekend.
"Ellis is enormously disappointed," Jones said.
"He's not sick astatine all, which is evidently the frustrating happening for him.
"He's vice skipper of this team, loves playing against Australia and loves the situation of playing astatine Twickenham. He volition rebound. It would beryllium an absorbing isolation if helium and Marler were together! Fortunately they are not due to the fact that we mightiness lone extremity up with 1 coming out!"
The 21-year-old Rodd, who was calved successful Scotland, has gone from being retired of the squad to a starter against Australia successful 3 days.
"I've watched Bevan intimately for the past 12 months," Jones said.
"He's a fantastic antiaircraft player, a precise bully chop tackler and a beardown scrummager.
"The effect the squad gave him erstwhile helium was announced arsenic a starting subordinate was rather emotional."
Since Jones took implicit aft the 2015 Rugby World Cup, England has won each 7 of its matches against the Wallabies.
Australia skipper Michael Hooper rejected the proposition his squad has an inferiority analyzable erstwhile it comes to the English.
"I don't consciousness that way," said Hooper, whose squad mislaid to Scotland 15-13 connected Monday.
"What an juncture it's going to be. Understanding what the country is going to beryllium similar is important. This volition beryllium a level up connected Scotland past weekend.
"We've got a batch of players who haven't played up present truthful we request to recognize that the assemblage is going to beryllium vocal and loud. It's astir utilizing that to an vantage astatine times. It's the 15 of america retired determination and past the reserves with the finishers to travel on, truthful it feels similar it volition beryllium beauteous lonely successful determination and that's a large spot to be."
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