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England name 36-man squad and call up backrower

Eddie Jones, the England head coach looks on during the England training session held at Jersey Rugby Club on October 28, 2022 in Saint Peter, Jersey. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

Eddie Jones has named his 36-player England squad and called up a back-row reinforcement ahead of their opening Autumn Nations Series game against Argentina.

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England will take on Los Pumas at Twickenham Stadium this Sunday and will be without skipper Courtney Lawes – who misses out due to concussion – although they have welcomed back Owen Farrell and Jonny May to the training camp.

6’4, 111kg loose forward Sean Robinson has also been drafted in as a replacement for Northampton Saints’ Lewis Ludlum, who misses out through injury.

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A statement reads: “Owen Farrell has returned to the squad and will continue through the latter stages of his graduated return to play protocols in camp. There is also a return for Jonny May.

“Lewis Ludlam was unavailable for selection following an abdominal wall injury sustained before he joined with the squad in Jersey. Newcastle Falcons’ Sean Robinson has been called-up to the squad.

“The group met at the Honda England Rugby Performance Centre in Bagshot today [Monday 31 October] ahead of this weekend’s game.”

ENGLAND SQUAD FORWARDS:
Alex Coles
Luke Cowan-Dickie
Tom Curry
Ellis Genge
Joe Heyes
Jonny Hill
Maro Itoje
George McGuigan
Tom Pearson
Val Rapava Ruskin
David Ribbans
Sean Robinson
Bevan Rodd
Sam Simmonds
Kyle Sinckler
Jack Singleton
Hugh Tizard
Billy Vunipola
Mako Vunipola
Jack Willis

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ENGLAND BACKS
Joe Cokanasiga
Owen Farrell
George Furbank
Will Joseph
Max Malins
Jonny May
Cadan Murley
Jack Nowell
Guy Porter
Raffi Quirke
Henry Slade
Marcus Smith
Freddie Steward
Manu Tuilagi
Jack van Poortvliet
Ben Youngs

Unavailable for selection due to injury: Alfie Barbeary, Ollie Chessum, Trevor Davison, Nic Dolly, Charlie Ewels, George Ford, Tommy Freeman, Jamie George, Sam Jeffries, Nick Isiekwe, Courtney Lawes, Lewis Ludlam, Louis Lynagh, Ratu Naulago, Harry Randall, Will Stuart, Sam Underhill, Jack Walker.

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Chris 883 days ago

With Manu back they have a real chance against the south.

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Samuel 883 days ago

Always love to see the injured player lists as it always stretches credibility somewhat. Ratu Naulago has never featured in an England squad and hasn't previously even been named on an unavailable through injury list!

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Head high tackle 1 hour ago
Can Samoa and Tonga ever become contenders when their top talent is skimmed?

I think you have gone in the wrong direction here Nick. I think you need to delve down into the rules etc around Moana Pacifica’s selection policies and then you need to understand that a lot of KIWI BORN rugby players have PI heritage. It appears ok for the 4 home nations to pillage NZ born players constantly without retribution but you want to question whether NZ BORN players should be eligible for NZ? Seems a real agenda in there.

Go back and look at the actual Aims and agenda for MP becoming a entity and you see lots of things enshrined in policy that you arnt mentioning here. EG there is an allowance for a percentage of MP to be NZ eligible. This was done so MP could actually become competitive. Lets be real. If it wasnt this way then MP would not be competitive.

There also seems to be some sort of claim ( mainly from the NH ) that NZ is “cashing in” on MP, which , quite frankly is a major error. Are you aware of how much MP costs NZR Financially?

39 NZ born rugby players played at the last world cup for Samoa or Tonga. PLUS plenty for Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales.

Taumoefolau is a BORN AND BRED NZer. However I very strongly doubt he will be an AB, but who do you believe he should be allowed to play for? Levi Aumua is ALSO a born and bred Kiwi.

Aumua was eligible to represent Samoa and Fiji for the Pacific Nations Cup in July that year but ended up playing for neither. He IS eligible for his nation of Birth too Nick

He is a Kiwi. Are you saying an NZ born, raised Kiwi cant play for NZ now?

Sorry Nick Kiwi born and bred actually qualify for NZ.

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