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Steve Borthwick will rest the England captain Maro Itoje this summer unless injury strikes in the second row over the weekend.

Itoje is set to be stood down for next month’s Tests against South Africa, Fiji and Argentina following a year that saw him lead the British & Irish Lions to a series victory against Australia, play in the autumn and Six Nations campaigns and mourn the death of his mother.