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Will Muir among players added to England A squad but club-mate ruled out

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LEICESTER, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 25: Will Muir of England A looks on during the rugby international match between England A and Portugal at Mattioli Woods Welford Road Stadium on February 25, 2024 in Leicester, England. (Photo by Patrick Khachfe/Getty Images)

Bath winger Will Muir is one of three players who have been added to the England A squad to face Australia A on Sunday, but club-mate Vilikesa Sela has been forced to withdraw.

Sela was part of England’s U20 Six Nations and World Rugby U20 Championship success this year under head coach Mark Mapletoft, who will lead England A at Twickenham Stoop this weekend.

However, the prop picked up an injury during a cameo appearance in Bath’s 78-19 Premiership Rugby Cup win against Bristol and will return to his club to continue his rehabilitation.

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The Springboks will be bracing themselves for a huge showdown against an England team desperate to right the wrongs after suffering back-to-back home defeats.

Bristol winger and Premiership Player of the Month Gabriel Ibitoye had been a doubt having appeared to injure his shoulder in the latter stages of his club’s 10-10 draw with Australia A on Friday.

Ibitoye met up with the England A squad as planned on Tuesday, but with Tom Roebuck promoted to the seniors alongside Ted Hill, Mapletoft has bolstered his options out wide by calling up Muir, who scored for the side during their 91-5 defeat of Portugal in February.

The Bath winger missed three rounds of Premiership action with a knee injury but made a try-scoring return against Sale in the final round before the Autumn Nations Series.

And Muir has been joined in the squad by a pair of locks as Gloucester’s Arthur Clark and Saracens’ Hugh Tizard were also added to the group on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Mapletoft has invited a further five players – Tarek Haffar (Northampton Saints), Sean Kerr (Harlequins), Tom Burrow (Sale Sharks), Charlie Griffin (Bath Rugby) and Angus Hall (Saracens) – to train with the squad.

England A squad (club and senior caps)

Forwards:
Joe Batley (Bristol Bears)

Arthur Clark (Gloucester Rugby)

Afolabi Fasogbon (Gloucester Rugby)

Greg Fisilau (Exeter Chiefs)

Joe Heyes (Leicester Tigers, 7 caps)

Emmanuel Iyogun (Northampton Saints)

Nathan Jibulu (Harlequins)

Curtis Langdon (Northampton Saints, 2 caps)

Gabriel Oghre (Bristol Bears)

Tom Pearson (Northampton Saints, 1 cap)

Henry Pollock (Northampton Saints)

Hugh Tizard (Saracens)

Tom Willis (Saracens, 1 cap)

Backs:
Charlie Atkinson (Gloucester Rugby)

Oscar Beard (Harlequins)

Joe Carpenter (Sale Sharks)

Fraser Dingwall (captain – Northampton Saints, 2 caps)

Gabriel Ibitoye (Bristol Bears)

Archie McParland (Northampton Saints)

Will Muir (Bath Rugby)

Cadan Murley (Harlequins)

Max Ojomoh (Bath Rugby)

Will Porter (Harlequins)

Jamie Shillcock (Leicester Tigers)

Players invited to train in preparation for matchday:
Tom Burrow (Sale Sharks)

Charlie Griffin (Bath Rugby)

Tarek Haffar (Northampton Saints)

Angus Hall (Saracens)

Sean Kerr (Harlequins)

England Men A coaching staff for Australia A fixture:
Mark Mapletoft – Head Coach

Andy Titterrell – Forwards Coach

Nathan Catt – Scrum Coach

Lee Blackett – Attack Coach

Haydn Thomas – Defence Coach

See England’s brightest young talent when England A take on Australia A on Sunday, 17 November at Harlequins’ Twickenham Stoop – KO 14:00 GMT. Tickets are available from only £25 for adults & £15 for U16 (+booking fees) here.

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'Matches between Les Bleus and the All Blacks are rarely for the faint-hearted.'

Oh please!!!! Really????? So with 5mil people how do you expect NZR to suddenly have a club game that makes money? NZR does the best with its reality. And quite frankly its better than every other team in history.

Look at all the French club resourses, English club money, Irish club money… Whats it done for their Test sides? Sweet FA. Money doesnt buy wins unless its heading into Wayne Barnes offshore bank account.

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Head high tackle 4 hours ago

'Matches between Les Bleus and the All Blacks are rarely for the faint-hearted.'

No doubt we will find out when we have a world club championship. I wonder if it will ever be held in NZ?

So all those superior comps in the NH and they cant win world cups? What can you possibably base your strength of comp on? I base it on results and so far almost every world cup has been won by SR players

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Head high tackle 4 hours ago

'Matches between Les Bleus and the All Blacks are rarely for the faint-hearted.'

Geez mate if losing means you “didnt bother to look” at the opposition then Ireland didnt “Look” at the opposition in any world cup every. Nor France, Wales, Scotland,etc. At least England can say they “Looked” at the opposition at 1 WC I suppose.

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Head high tackle 4 hours ago

'Matches between Les Bleus and the All Blacks are rarely for the faint-hearted.'

Our 10s were all injured in that 2007 match. Who was going to take the drop goal? You seem obsessed with 2007. I prefer 1987 and 2011 when we beat France in the final to win world cups. Where was the french drop goal in 2011? Was that arrogance? Did they believe they could outscore NZ? was that arrogance or ignorance? You can bag out NZ all you want over 2007 but we can throw the exact same thing back at France over 2011 where they couldnt win. NZ beat them twice in that tournament.

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Head high tackle 4 hours ago

'Matches between Les Bleus and the All Blacks are rarely for the faint-hearted.'

There was no disrespect because they beat us. Youre making that up. There was a real determination to beat you at the WC. We respected Ireland rugby so much we had a specific plan to beat you at the 1/4 final. As soon as the draw was announced I was very keen to see us play you in that match. Your team showed nothing but disrespect with crass comments, arrogant post SA loss comments and critique of some of our best players. You earned our retaliation. That will forever be on you. Now that match was won by 4 points from memory but it was the best 4 point win Ive ever experienced. There is nothing better than beating the class clown/Bully, and particularly at a major game like a WC 1/4 final.

No doubt you have special memories of Ireland wins and no doubt some of those will be wins against NZ, well this is, so far, my best memory against Ireland and even eclipsed the game where we scored after the siren and your boys charged the conversion way before it was taken. The miss would have meant your first win v NZ but Cruden slotted the second conversion to win the game.

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Head high tackle 4 hours ago

'Matches between Les Bleus and the All Blacks are rarely for the faint-hearted.'

Yep. Ireland got cocky and then got outcoached. Real pretty to watch after the arrogance they showed and after the BS they put out. Calling Cane a “Sh&T Richie” doesnt get more disrespectful and then YES they claimed they would see SA in the final. Etzebet was forced to retract and back away from his statement publicly. Never privately tho.

Leaving Sexton on when he could hardly walk was funny. Coach didnt back his team. Just a couple of stars. Fell at the same hurdle as every other world cup. Now they are past their window and that makes me laugh because of the way their players and fans acted post winning in NZ.

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JW 4 hours ago

Did innovative England emerge strongest from the Six Nations?

Lawrence had to be growing old on him. He’s like Rieko or Jordie, seems like he has all the potential to play well at that level.

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Head high tackle 4 hours ago

'Matches between Les Bleus and the All Blacks are rarely for the faint-hearted.'

Yes true but it wont be those players playing a semi or a final at the WC so what they learn is redundant I suppose. I just think their are many ways to prepare for test rugby and then there are differences in preparing for a 6 week world cup campaign. Most nations do this prep by touring together. France avoids their top guys touring together for any longer than a night away in England or Ireland etc.

Yep we have a small pool in NZ so need to develop our players. I note Aus is sending more B teams away these days too.

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JW 4 hours ago

Did innovative England emerge strongest from the Six Nations?

Huh? Ali is nothing like a pom, where’d that come from? Just half the story?

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Head high tackle 4 hours ago

'Matches between Les Bleus and the All Blacks are rarely for the faint-hearted.'

Losing 3 finals eh. Only team to do that? Thats because by the time they get to the finals they are argueing with themselves or their coaches. They dont know how to tour together because they DONT tour together. The protected get protected until they get to semi finals or finals then lose it. Ill never forget 2011 when they were even talking about locking the coach out of the dressing room. Perhaps they may have won if they wernt constantly in-fighting.

Constantly made play against the wind? Maybe the “Wind” is of their own making!

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JW 4 hours ago

Kyren Taumoefolau All Blacks stance splits opinions on eligibility

Again, you’re obviously and factually wrong.

The example of how is even the subject of this article CO LOL!

Commentaries claiming players from this team need to be ignored by the Allblacks

No. The commentary you are critizing is exactly the same as your own. That a play should choose their country and stick with it. Not that criticizing your own view would make any less sense than any of the other points you’ve tried raising here!

Also, you can remove the last sentence of your OP anytime now. It’s making us supporters look bad.

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Head high tackle 4 hours ago

'Matches between Les Bleus and the All Blacks are rarely for the faint-hearted.'

I agree. Nothing should have been said and it would have created 6mths less worth of BS. France still didnt win a world cup then tho.

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Kyren Taumoefolau All Blacks stance splits opinions on eligibility

That’s not how it works.

When you sign a SR contract you have to declare for New Zealand/ABs. Any Kiwi who chooses to represent a heritage nation falls under the quota amount.

Yeah the important thing is for WR to create a sustainable future for such nations, NZ will not always be able to or want to do it. Obviously a base in Apia (suspect more feasible than Tonga) and something higher profile like this Lions series tour match they’ve involved in. I have no problem with Auckland being a poly destination if the community is getting onboard to enable it (which hopefully after 3 years we are seeing).

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JWH 6 hours ago

'Matches between Les Bleus and the All Blacks are rarely for the faint-hearted.'

Have you considered that, you know, since they get paid and all, maybe they’ll od their job and prep for ALL the teams they face? I mean, 4 years is a LONG time to get ready.

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