He's getting a chance because David Ortiz was placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to March 22, with a right Achilles tendon injury.
To increase French misery, fly-half David Skrela was ruled out of the 21 September clash with Ireland because of a left Achilles tendon injury.
However, he suffered an Achilles tendon injury during his second loan spell in March and only returned to action for the Galaxy in August.
Pace bowler Jason Gillespie has been named, although his inclusion depends on recovering from an Achilles tendon injury sustained during the World Cup first round.
Before the game, first team coach Wally Downes denied reports defender Matthew Upson would miss the rest of the season with an Achilles tendon injury.
Hougaard collapsed in the 46th minute just as he released a pass to his left with what appeared to be a serious Achilles tendon injury.
"Our strikers aren't playing at all - Osterc at Hapoel Tel Aviv, Rudonja at Portsmouth and Cimerotic is still recovering from his Achilles tendon injury, " he explained.
An Achilles tendon injury hampered him at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where he didn't medal, and he missed the bronze in London by 0.63 seconds after tangling with another runner.
Veteran England midfielder Beckham hobbled off the pitch in tears, reaching down to nurse his left heel, with TV network Sky Sports Italia reporting that he had suffered a suspected ruptured Achilles tendon injury.
Saracens, last season's losing Premiership finalists, want the double Grand Slam winner to fill in for injured fly-half Derick Hougaard, who is set to miss the rest of the season with an Achilles tendon injury.
Last year's season-best 10.15 seconds came in qualifying for the Commonwealth Games final in Delhi in October, signalling a return to the times he was posting before the Achilles tendon injury that wrecked his 2008 season, saw his lottery funding cut and made him question his future in the sport.
An injury to his Achilles tendon not only ended this year's gold medal chances for a man being dubbed China's Michael Jordan, it also hampered his marketability for current and future sponsors.
Tovey again took the home side clear with a penalty then a drop-goal, but the Dragons saw Hall stretchered off with a suspected ruptured Achilles tendon and fellow prop Price leave with a rib injury.
Two players Flores no doubt hopes do not feature on Wednesday are Fulham striker Bobby Zamora, who faces a race against time to overcome an Achilles tendon problem, and winger Duff, who is recovering from a leg injury.
England have a couple of other injury worries, with Kevin Pietersen and Graham Onions suffering from Achilles tendon and elbow problems respectively.
The 35-year-old's injury problems were sparked by a sprain of his knee and a strain of his Achilles tendon during the third round of the Masters in April.
Bolt has been nursing a minor Achilles tendon problem and missed last week's Diamond League meeting in New York, but Mills said that injury was not the reason for his absence from next week's Jamaican trials.
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