James Haskell’s hopes of returning for England’s opening game of the 2017 Six Nations Championship against France at Twickenham in 12 days’ time have nosedived after an aggravation of the foot injury that kept him out for seven months delayed his arrival into the Algarve training camp.

Haskell was due to join up with the squad after playing for Wasps against Zebre in Parma on Sunday. The back-row forward started that match having lasted only 35 seconds into his comeback game against Leicester a fortnight ago after knocking himself out in a tackle.

The 31-year-old was confident that he would be able to put himself in contention for selection and came through 55 minutes on Sunday seemingly without problems.