By Duncan Bech, Press Association
Published: 14:47 GMT, 6 March 2019 | Updated: 14:48 GMT, 6 March 2019
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Maro Itoje and Jack Nowell will be given every opportunity to prove their fitness for England's Guinness Six Nations showdown with Italy at Twickenham on Saturday.
Itoje suffered an injury to the same knee damaged in the Championship opener against Ireland on February 2 when performing a forwards drill in training on Tuesday.
Charlie Ewels is on standby to replace the Lions lock if he fails to recover in time with Joe Launchbury and George Kruis forming the starting second row partnership.
Maro Itoje will be given the chance to prove his fitness after injuring his knee again in training
Nowell has been struggling with the shoulder stinger incurred in the opening two minutes against Wales and is also a major doubt ahead of Thursday morning's team announcement.
Should he succumb to the injury,
