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Mike Brown (AFP)
Mike Brown (AFP)

London - England fullback Mike Brown is still suffering concussion symptoms after sustaining a head injury against Italy in the Six Nations, head coach Stuart Lancaster revealed on Tuesday.

The Harlequins player took a heavy blow to the head during England's 47-17 victory at Twickenham on Saturday and faces a race against time to prove his fitness for the showdown with Ireland in Dublin on March 1.

"We're going to have to see how he comes through the return-to-play protocols. He'll go through that graduated return and he hasn't started that yet," Lancaster told a press conference.

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