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Owen Farrell is making encouraging progress in his recovery from a back problem but Saracens are still unable to set a date for his return. Farrell has yet to play this season because of the injury sustained during pre-season in a worrying development for England ahead of their autumn campaign, which opens against South Africa on November 12.Place kicking is proving troublesome for the 25-year-old and his absence looks set to continue well beyond Sundays Aviva Premiership showdown with Wasps. Owen trained on Thursday and trained as part of the opposition. Thats a good, encouraging sign, Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall said.The scan he had last week came back positively, so thats good. Its really a case of when can Owen do all the things he needs to play. Once he can, hell play. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just ?￡6.99. No contract. He hasnt placed kicked, but hes kicking out of hands. Im not sure if hell be fit for the Toulon match, but his ability to go straight back in would be a consideration. England international Farrell has yet to feature for club or country this season Im nervous about saying too much about it because hes just done a 45-minute training session and looked pretty good, but its how he feels over the next 24 hours thats the important thing.England full-back Alex Goode will also sit out the visit of Wasps due to a knee problem.Its not bad, its not an unstable knee, its just badly swollen. Every time he plays it swells up again, so we need to settle it down with Toulon in mind, McCall said.You can watch Englands tour of Bangladesh, plus Premier League football and the Japan Grand Prix on Sky Sports. Upgrade now and enjoy three months at half price! Also See: Rugby on Sky Follow @SkySportsRugby Pundits Fixtures and results SHAWNIGAN LAKE, B.C. -- Julianne Zussman had three tries as Canadas womans rugby squad opened their season on Tuesday with a 51-7 victory over the USA Eagles in the first of a two-game Can-Am Series showdown. Jessica Dovanne and Magali Harvey had two tries apiece for Canada while Kayla Mack and Mandy Marchak each added one. Andrea Burk and Magali Harvey made conversions. "We were able to gain momentum off of some big positive tackles and it was an exciting game to play in the backs off a strong forwards performance," said Zussman. "We had some huge defensive hits and that was one of our main goals going in was to battle at the point of contact and domminate them in contact.dddddddddddd." Mia Bitzar scored the lone try for the Americans, which didnt come until the second half, and Sadie Anderson had a conversion. "Our defence was great, there are still a couple things to find tune, especially getting lower at the breakdown point and particularly at the maul. But for the most part we got our shoulder in and made some positive tackles, which was great," said captain Kelly Russell. These games are being held in conjunction with a two-week selections camp in preparation for 2014 IRB Womens World Cup. The women will play the USA again on Saturday at Westhills Stadium in Langford, B.C. ' ' '