Joe Heyes, who started ahead of British and Irish Lions tourist Stuart at tighthead, was one of England’s star performers last month.
However, Asher Opoku-Fordjour, another option at three, is currently out of action with an elbow injury that will keep him sidelined until early to mid January.
Gloucester’s Afolabi Fasogbon and Stuart’s Bath team-mate Billy Sela featured for England A over the autumn, while Northampton’s Trevor Davison, who won his first cap in almost four years against the United States in the summer, would be a more experienced option.
England’s opening game of the Six Nations is at home to Wales on 7 February.
