Genge prefers to keep battling

ELLIS GENGE has brushed off player welfare concerns as the calendar becomes more congested - insisting he would rather play than train.

- by ADAM HATHAWAY

Next season's Six Nations will have just one rest week, instead of the current two, and England will play an extra November Test, four as opposed to the three normally staged in Lions years.

But the prop would rather crack on with things instead of having the stop-start Six Nations of the last two decades and says no player is about to turn down a Lions tour. England face Italy at Twickenham this Sunday when this year's Six Nations resumes.