Sale 2nd row Jonny Hill as well as Toulouse back-rower Jack Willis are both prominent casualties after Steve Borthwick cut his England squad from 36 to 29 on Tuesday night in advance of following Saturday’s Guinness Six Nations opener versus Scotland.
Having called a squad of 20 forwards as well as 16 backs last Sunday to put together for 2 days of training at Pennyhill Park, brand-new England trainer Borthwick has actually currently left out 4 forwards as well as 3 backs.
Those cut from the pack were Hill, a routine choice under previous England manager Eddie Jones, tighthead Joe Heyes, loosehead Bevan Rodd as well as the French- based back-rower Willis.
In the backs, Guy Porter, a call-up on Monday after midfielder Dan Kelly obtained wounded in training, scrum-half Alex Mitchell as well as winger Cadan Murley were launched back to their clubs.
It suggests that Borthwick has actually kept 16 forwards as well as 13 backs in advance of the Calcutta Cup face-off, consisting of the uncapped triad of hooker Jack Walker, out-half Fin Smith as well as winger Ollie Hassell-Collins
The retention of George in the squad will certainly be an alleviation to Borthwick as the hooker was just recently concussed when betting (*29 *) as well as missed out on some of the England prep work recently. “He is working through the protocols and we expect him to be available for selection,” claimed England protection trainer Kevin Sinfield previously onTuesday “He has thrown today and it’s a gradual build-up through the protocols, so at the minute he is on track to be available.”
England squad (vs Scotland)
Forwards (16 ):
Ollie Chessum (Leicester Tigers, 5 caps)
Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers, 95 caps)
Ben Curry (Sale Sharks, 1 cap)
Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins, 9 caps)
Tom Dunn (Bath Rugby, 3 caps)
Ben Earl ((*29 *), 13 caps)
Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears, 43 caps)
Jamie George ((*29 *), 72 caps)
Nick Isiekwe ((*29 *), 8 caps)
Maro Itoje ((*29 *), 62 caps)
Lewis Ludlam (Northampton Saints, 14 caps)
David Ribbans (Northampton Saints, 3 caps)
Sam Simmonds (Exeter Chiefs, 18 caps)
Kyle Sinckler (Bristol Bears, 56 caps)
Mako Vunipola ((*29 *), 74 caps)
Jack Walker (Harlequins, uncapped)
Backs (13 )
Owen Farrell ((*29 *), 101 caps)
Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints, 3 caps)
Ollie Hassell-Collins (London Irish, uncapped)
Ollie Lawrence (Bath Rugby, 7 caps)
Max Malins ((*29 *), 14 caps)
Joe Marchant (Harlequins, 13 caps)
Fin Smith (Northampton Saints, uncapped)
Marcus Smith (Harlequins, 17 caps)
Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers, 17 caps)
Manu Tuilagi (Sale Sharks, 50 caps)
Jack van Poortvliet (Leicester Tigers, 7 caps)
Anthony Watson (Leicester Tigers, 51 caps)
Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 121 caps)
