England’s Jack Nowell in fitness race for Rugby World Cup after ankle surgery

• Exeter’s Rob Baxter expects wing to be fit for tournament• Eddie Jones to name preliminary England squad on ThursdayEngland face a Rugby World Cup waiting game over the fitness of Jack Nowell, who has undergone surgery on the ankle he damaged in the Premiership final this month. Exeter’s head coach says he “sees no reason at this stage” why the wing should not feature at the tournament but England’s warm-up Tests in August may come too soon.Nowell’s form clearly merits a place in Eddie Jones’s final 31-man World Cup squad but the 26-year-old will now be unable to participate in all aspects o…