Saracens centre Brad Barritt set for Monday scan as new injury leaves England recall in doubt

Brad Barritt's chances of an England recall next weekend could rest on the outcome of a scan on Monday.

The Saracens centre, widely tipped to replace Luther Burrell in the line-up for Saturday's Six Nations game against Scotland, was injured during Sunday's Premiership win at Wasps.

Saracens boss Mark McCall suggested the damage was to an ankle rather than a knee, and a club tweet later said initial assessment of the damage proved inconclusive.

Barritt will now be examined further on Monday amid fears his first Six Nations appearance this year is in jeopardy, and the news came on the back of a suspected dislocated shoulder suffered by Leicester flanker Tom Croft at Newcastle.

A knee injury kept Barritt out of England's first three games, and McCall said: "We are all hopeful that it won't be too serious. It didn't look very good.

"Brad has been so unlucky this season and I am sure he would have been very close to selection for England next weekend. Fingers crossed it is not as bad as it looked."

England take on Scotland at Twickenham with the Grand Slam gone following defeat in Dublin in their last game, but winning the title is still a possibility ahead of the World Cup later this year.

Scrum-half Ben Youngs said: "We would be delighted if we were to win the championship because it is a very hard thing to win. It is really important to finish the Six Nations strongly.

"We need to get the result now, as well as the performance. That means playing on the front foot, playing English rugby, being powerful, getting over the top of teams, being good at the breakdown, beating teams round the corner and being really direct.

"We have got to make sure we finish like that and give ourselves a real good platform going into our summer camp."