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Wasps scrum half Dan Robson could miss the rest of the season after developing blood clots.

The Times has today reported the 27-year-old pulled out of the England squad in preparation for the Calcutta Cup clash with Scotland due to suffering pain in his leg.

The reason for his withdrawal was put down to 'illness' with no further explanation, but an RFU spokesperson gave more information in a brief comment.

"Dan Robson suffered blood clots which arose spontaneously earlier this week and is being evaluated at the moment. At this stage it is too early to give a return-to-play date."

Robson made his England debut off the bench against France in round two of this season's Six Nations but was an unused substitute against Ireland and Wales.

He came off the bench with 18 minutes remaining against Italy last week, scoring his fir international try after latching onto a Joe Cokanasinga offload during the 57-14 victory at Twickenham.

Robson was certain to feature in today against Scotland but he was withdrawn and saw a specialist on Wednesday, the day before his 27th birthday.

It will come as a huge blow to Wasps who have already played nearly more than half of the season without their first-choice scrum-half.

Robson suffered an ankle injury in October that ruled him out until the end of December when he returned to play for Wasps against Sale Sharks and Harlequins to close out 2018.

Since October, Robson has appeared in just 24 per cent of Wasps' minutes in the Gallagher Premiership and Heineken Champions Cup.

His injury was compounded by Joe Simpson's knee issue which forced Wasps to field third and fourth choice scrum halves Craig Hampson and Will Porter during the final months of last year.

Percentage of front-line Wasps minutes played Dan Robson: 43% (all season), 24% (since October) Nathan Hughes: 38% (all season), 19% (since October) Joe Launchbury: 14% (all season), 12% (since October) Elliot Daly: 69% (all season), 46% (since October) Brad Shields: 38% (all season), 36% (since October)

Robson gave an update on Saturday morning via social media about the situation.

In a post on Twitter, he wrote: "Obviously pretty devastated by recent news but I know I am in the best hands to get back to full health and back on the pitch as soon as I can.

"Appreciate all the support from everyone and a special shout out to all the medical staff that have aided me especially in locating the issue and acting so promptly.

"All the best to the boys @englandrugby ahead of the game against Scotland today."