Beno Obano: Bath prop to move to Pau and put England career on ice - BBC Sport BBC Homepage Skip to content Accessibility Help Your account Home News Sport Earth Reel Worklife Travel Culture Future Music TV Weather Sounds More menu More menu Search BBC Home News Sport Earth Reel Worklife Travel Culture Future Music TV Weather Sounds Close menu BBC Sport Menu Home Football Cricket Formula 1 Rugby U Tennis Golf Cycling Athletics More A-Z Sports American Football Athletics Basketball Boxing Cricket Cycling Darts Disability Sport Football Formula 1 Gaelic Games Golf Gymnastics Horse Racing Mixed Martial Arts Motorsport Netball Rugby League Rugby Union Snooker Swimming Tennis Full Sports A-Z More from Sport England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Quizzes News Feeds Help & FAQs Rugby Union Scores & Fixtures Tables All Teams English Scottish Welsh Irish Obano to put England career on hold with Pau move Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Beno Obano (right) sustained a hamstring injury after coming off the bench to replace Ellis Genge (left) in the defeat by South Africa in July By Mike Henson BBC Sport rugby union news reporter Published 4 hours ago Beno Obano will become the latest England player to put his Test career on ice with a move to France, after agreeing to join Top 14 side Pau from Bath at the end of the forthcoming season. The 31-year-old loose-head prop won his fifth cap in the defeat by South Africa in July, backing up first-choice Ellis Genge off the bench. Head coach Steve Borthwick is restricted to a domestic-based talent pool as a key part of the relationship between Prem clubs and the Rugby Football Union over elite players. England are relatively well stocked at loose-head, with Harlequins' Fin Baxter, Northampton's Emmanuel Iyogun and Sale's Bevan Rodd all younger than Obano and vying for a role. Sale's versatile 22-year-old Asher Opoku-Fordjour can also pack down on that side of the front row. It is unlikely England will rule out selecting Obano