England rule out Owen Farrell for the entire Six Nations

Big blow for England ahead of the Six Nations

This morning we learned that England's starting fly half, Owen Farrell, was out of their opening Six Nations game against Wales. Now, only a few hours later, England have announced it was far worse than that for the Saracens man.

BREAKING NEWS: Fly half Owen Farrell has been ruled out of the 2015 RBS 6 Nations with a high-grade medial ligament strain #getwellsoon — England Rugby (@EnglandRugby) January 27, 2015

This means that George Ford, who only has six caps, will likely get the nod from Stuart Lancaster to start and it also means that Danny Cipriani has a much better shot of making the final cut and a place on the England panel. Farrell joins Manu Tuilagi, Joe Launchbury, Courtney Lawes and Ben Morgan as players definitely on the sidelines for England for the big tournament.