Launchbury targets late run at World Cup squad

Joe Launchbury is hoping to make his long-awaited comeback from injury towards the end of April and hopes a storming end to the season will be enough to force his way into England's World Cup plans.



It has been a frustrating season for Launchbury from a rugby perspective but while his professional career has been recently dominated by rehabilitation, his off-field life has been manic so there have seldom been opportunities for the Wasps forward to dwell on his injury misfortune.



The October 26 loss at Harlequins was the last time he hit a tackle in anger or jumped for a lineout.

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