Head coach Stuart Lancaster is confident England number eight Ben Morgan?will still be able to play a role in this year?s Six Nations campaign.
The Gloucester back-row was forced off with an ankle problem in the?opening-day victory over Scotland at Twickenham and Lancaster has?pencilled?him to return against Italy?on March 10.
The 23-year-old has joined fly-half Freddie Burns on the sidelines, with his Gloucester team-mate receiving treatment for a knee problem.
?Morgan and Burns are making slow progress,? Lancaster admitted.??Freddie is further down the line, but they won?t play [against France] this weekend so it will be another week or so.
?Ben will be fine. It?s an ankle injury similar to the one Manu Tuilagi had. Manu was out for four or five weeks and Ben will be about the same. He wants to get himself right so he can push for selection against Italy.?
Centre Jonathan Joseph has been ruled out for two weeks with a toe injury, but full-back Ben Foden has made good progress in his battle with ankle damage and will play for Northampton against Bath on Saturday.
Fly-half Toby Flood and flanker James Haskell missed training on Monday because of a tight calf and flu respectively.
England will look to maintain their 100 per cent record and?stay on course for the Grand Slam?as they face France at Twickenam on Saturday.
Phillipe Saint Andre?s side have suffered back-to-back defeats to Italy and Wales but Lancaster is wary of a Les Bleus backlash.
?If you look at their performances in the autumn, the three wins over Samoa, Argentina and Australia show they are not a bad side,? he said.
?They beat Australia 33-6 and Australia then beat us. While we?ll take something out of their first two Six Nations games, we?ll also take something out of those autumn internationals and make sure we?re ready for them.?
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