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Dan Robson has received a clean bill of health and is back in full training confirmed his club boss Dai Young - who hopes his star man can still force is way into the England World Cup reckoning.

The Wasps scrum half was missing from England's official training squad for the tournament in Japan as head coach Eddie Jones preferred Ben Spencer (Sararcens) and the uncapped Willie Heinz (Gloucester) as competition for his first-choice, Ben Youngs.

It capped off a frustrating six months for the 27-year-old who earned his first international caps in this year's Six Nations before being struck down by blood clots, later diagnosed as Deep Vein Thrombrosis.

Following the euphoria of scoring a maiden Test try against the Italians, Robson did not return to action in the 2018/19 season. But, contrary to some rumours, his health setback was not a factor in his non-selection for England.

"There's no explanation why he had it. It's one of those thing that happens," said Wasps director of rugby Dai Young. "He's had a number of full-body scans to make sure that there's no other problems with it, that's all cleared. He's never been ill, he's never felt ill, it's never stopped him doing anything apart from doing any contact.

"They go on blood thinners, any contact could cause a problem. That's pretty much all resolved. I think he may have to have six-monthly checks, or even a little bit longer. He's got a clean bill of health, he's been pretty much signed off and he is in full training now. There's nothing to worry about that."

I wouldn't swap him for any other scrum half

Having seen his star scrum-half four South Africa last summer without making a Test squad and being ruled out with injury for the Autumn internationals, Young shared his frustrations in February when Robson was an unused substitute in this season's Six Nations opener against Ireland as England cruised to victory.

His debut finally arrived from the bench late on against France in February and a further appearance against Italy strengthened the belief he would be Jones' alternative to Youngs for Japan 2019.

"I am pretty gutted for him really," said Young. "If I had anything to do with it, he would be on the plane. I wouldn't swap him for any other scrum half in the Premiership. I think there was a plan for him in the Six Nations and unfortunately he picked up that injury that perhaps meant he didn't get the game time that he was planned to get.

"I am a little bit surprised he has been released from the squad now. I am not going to knock other players in that squad because that is not something I would get involved in."

Despite the latest setback in a tumultuous 12 months for Robson, he remains upbeat with the Wasps chief is still hopeful the World Cup dream is not over yet.

"I really feel for Dan," added Young. "I think he's had some real bad luck that's worked against him. He amazes me how positive he is all the time, when I spoke to him about it he was like 'it's one of those things', 'I'll keep going, keep pushing my standards'. And who knows, if someone takes a bump, no-one wishes that on anybody, but it does happen, so he's going to keep on working hard and if he's called upon to go, he's ready to go. I really feel for him."