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Dai Young admitted he was 'disappointed' with England's decision not to release some of his international players as he faces an availability crisis for London Irish this Saturday.

The director of rugby could be without up to TWENTY senior players, owing to a combination of injuries, suspensions and Six Nations call-ups.

Joe Launchbury, James Haskell, Elliot Daly and Nathan Hughes were all selected by Eddie Jones for his 27-man squad ahead of the Six Nations trip to France on March 10.

Young had hoped to call upon, at least, the services of Haskell and Daly, who have not played rugby since mid-January and mid-December respectively.

"We've had the heads up that all our Wasps lads are going to stay in camp," said Young.

"It's pretty disappointing really as we were hoping these guys would come back, especially James Haskell. And Elliot Daly, we felt a bit of game time would be of benefit for them, but it's England's time, it's out of our hands pretty much.

"It's their decision and there's not much that we can do about it."

poll loading Is Eddie Jones right to not release Elliot Daly and James Haskell to play for Wasps this weekend? 0+ VOTES SO FAR Yes! Clubs are subsidised by the RFU for the call-ups, so during these periods, you've got to go without them. No, no, NO! Both players surely need game time if they're going to be effective for England against France.

Fresh concerns

Five fresh injury issues arose following the 25-25 draw with Gloucester - Young summarises them below.

Matt Mullan: "He had a knee hyper-extension, he's had a scan and there's no structural damage, there's no ligament damage. But it was a proper rattle to the knee so he is not ruled out yet, but he is unlikely."

Thomas Young: "Thomas had a really bad dead leg and he's been hobbling about. We will give him time so fingers crossed there. That's looking pretty sore."

Ashley Johnson: "He has been struggling for a couple of weeks with his ankle and he's not looking too great at the minute but I am confident Ashley will come through."

Kearnan Myall: "I think his eyebrows are alright but apart from that he's got bumps and bruises everywhere else. I am sure he will be fine come the weekend."

Juan de Jongh: "Juan, his hamstring has tightened up again so he is unlikely."

Reason for hope

Better news arrives through the ongoing recovery of Danny Cipriani from an Achilles injury that forced his early departure against Exeter Chiefs. However, Jack Willis, who also came off against the Aviva Premiership champions, is struggling to be fit to face London Irish.

Young said: "It's pretty similar for both of them. Different injuries but they're in a similar state. Neither of them will train in the early part of the week. We didn't see them today, we don't expect to see them tomorrow.

"They will be with the medical team up until the close of play tomorrow. Then they we will be in a position to determine if they can give Friday a go. We're quite hopeful, probably more so Cips, than Jack, pretty much. Cips is moving a bit better this week.

"We we're pretty confident last week that he would be okay, he went through the team run then unfortunately he wasn't.

"Even in the situation we are in, we won't risk players out there if it could cause further injury.

"We're pretty hopeful that they will be fit, but, if I was putting money on it, I would be pretty confident with Cips, and not quite as confident with Jack."

Under the knife

Alex Rieder was stretchered off against Exeter Chiefs just six minutes into his comeback, and saw specialists last week - and was due to go under the knife today (Tuesday).

"It's a multi ligament injury," said Young. "It's a significant injury and we will have a better idea after today.

"The scan showed a lot of issues that, fingers crossed won't be as bad when he gets in there, butit could be. He's certainly going to be out for a reasonable length of time but we will have a better idea come this afternoon how long that's going to be."

Also unavailable

Injuries: Guy Armitage, Paul Doran-Jones, Sam Jones, Matt Symons, Tommy Taylor, Alex Rieder, Marcus Watson

Suspensions: Gaby Lovobalavu, Kyle Eastmond.