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Owen Farrell and Jamie George withdrawn from England squad

By PA

15 Nov 2021

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Captain Owen Farrell and hooker Jamie George have withdrawn from England’s squad to face South Africa due to injury.

Farrell sustained an ankle problem during Saturday’s 32-15 win over Australia, while fellow Saracens player George suffered a knee issue in that game.

Jack Singleton and his uncapped Gloucester team-mate Harry Elrington have been called up by Eddie Jones ahead of Saturday’s Twickenham clash with the Springboks.

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The Rugby Football Union also announced Joe Marler would join the group on Friday after completing his 10-day isolation period following a positive coronavirus test result.

England are preparing to meet South Africa for the first time since suffering a 32-12 defeat in the final of the 2019 World Cup in Yokohama.

Head coach Jones has named a 34-man squad for the game, which rounds off his side’s autumn campaign following consecutive wins over Tonga and the Wallabies.

Front-rower Singleton, 25, returns to the international fold having won three caps in 2019, including a substitute appearance against the United States during the World Cup pool stage.

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Loosehead prop Elrington, 27, joined Gloucester ahead of the current season having begun his career with London Irish.

An RFU statement reads: “Eddie Jones has confirmed his 34-player squad for this week’s Test match against South Africa.

Owen Farrell (ankle) and Jamie George (knee) have withdrawn from the squad with injuries sustained during England’s 32-15 win over Australia last Saturday.

Gloucester Rugby’s Harry Elrington and Jack Singleton have been called up and have joined with the group today at Pennyhill Park.

Joe Marler will join with the squad on Friday after completing his 10-day isolation period following his positive COVID test result.”

ENGLAND SQUAD

FORWARDS
Jamie Blamire (Newcastle Falcons, 4 caps)
Callum Chick (Newcastle Falcons, 2 caps)
Tom Curry (Sale Sharks, 35 caps)
Trevor Davison (Newcastle Falcons, 2 caps)
Nic Dolly (Leicester Tigers, uncapped)
Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins, 3 caps)
Harry Elrington (Gloucester Rugby, uncapped)
Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby, 25 caps)
Jonny Hill (Exeter Chiefs, 11 caps)
Maro Itoje (Saracens, 50 caps)
Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints, 89 caps)
Lewis Ludlam (Northampton Saints, 10 caps)
Joe Marler (Harlequins, 73 caps)
George Martin (Leicester Tigers, 1 cap)
Bevan Rodd (Sale Sharks, 1 cap)
Sam Simmonds (Exeter Chiefs, 8 caps)
Kyle Sinckler (Bristol Bears, 46 caps)
Jack Singleton (Gloucester Rugby, 3 caps)
Will Stuart (Bath Rugby, 14 caps)
Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby, 26 caps)

BACKS
Mark Atkinson (Gloucester Rugby, 1 cap)
Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints, uncapped)
George Furbank (Northampton Saints, 5 caps)
Max Malins (Saracens, 9 caps)
Joe Marchant (Harlequins, 6 caps)
Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby, 68 caps)
Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints, 1 cap)
Raffi Quirke (Sale Sharks, 1 cap)
Adam Radwan (Newcastle Falcons, 2 caps)
Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs, 42 caps)
Marcus Smith (Harlequins, 4 caps)
Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers, 4 caps)
Manu Tuilagi (Sale Sharks, 45 caps)
Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 111 caps)

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5 Comments

isaac 1272 days ago

Farrell should just retire....very big ego...tried to tell Marcus smith how to play...like mate, smith won the premiership last year

ac 1273 days ago

advantage Boks

throw in some greenies to front up to the two best front rows in the game?

people might start walking out at half time

Poorfour 1273 days ago

What's the alternative? Mako is pretty much the only other fit, capped loosehead - and the Boks have repeatedly taken him apart in the scrum. Madness is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting a different result.

I fully expect Marler to be in the squad. He may not start, but he's the one English loosehead who's consistently done well against their setpiece.

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RedWarriors 46 minutes ago

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Serious mistake omitting Barrett for NH. Serious questions remain why the predictable curve balls available to NH against the rush defense were not mitigated for in advance. Leinster did not get tested for the first two rounds but the test was coming.

Look also at the incorrect decision re taking 3 points after the O’Brien ‘penalty where it lands’. The same conference has been happenning for years with the correct decision not often found.

In the URC v Connaught a kick to the corner refusing ane asy kick lead to a Connacht turnover and yellow for Leinster. Connacht scored a try and attacked again for the match against 14. They created an overlap and the tackle of the match saved them before the overlap could be cashed in. Leinster had another kickable penalty and amazingly the conference started again. Barrett ordered a kick at goal to put it out of reach. He was the man who had also saved/won the match for them with that penalty.

Why was this botched decision making not reviewed and eliminated in that match?

It honestly looks like the leadership hole left by Johnny Sexton has not been filled by the coaching group.

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BA 1 hour ago

An England 23 Borthwick could pick after the Lions squad announcement

If England can beat Pumas over there without their top guns would be big scalp especially if Pumas are at full noise

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Carlos 2 hours ago

Why ‘the curse of the Bambino’ is still stronger than ever at Leinster

Felipe and Manuel went to Cardinal Newman school and rugby club, ran by Irish priests. One of them left to found St Brendan’s. Newman, St. George’s and St Andrew’s are the traditional upper class Anglo schools of Buenos Aires. Only Newman now sustains great rugby. St George’s previously did and St Andrew’s was a feeder to many clubs.

In 1970 Ireland toured Argentina and the team visited Hurling Club near the city and left them their kits at the end of the tour. The party was memorable. My mother and three brothers played field hockey for Hurling. Also, some of the players visited St Brendan’s.

Some years ago, I met Barry Bresniham at a rheumatology meeting. Sadly he passed away of a brain tumor. Barry was a very charming man and we spoke about that 1970 visit. St Brendan’s posted a picture of him on the front door of the school.

I do know about the Irish. I sincerely appreciate and enjoy Mzilikazi here, for example. But you sound like the Aussie fan OJ. Angry and defensive. Be like the Irish I know and not like a sourpuss.

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Carlos 3 hours ago

Why ‘the curse of the Bambino’ is still stronger than ever at Leinster

I’m an Argie. We first scrum.

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DC 3 hours ago

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The Lions are a scratch team of players who rarely ever play together. For them to win, they need to be based on the best Home Nation (which still probably Ireland) with a smattering of players from the other nations.

Bare in mind that in 2001 they played the world champions. 2005 they played the greatest NZ team in the history of the All Blacks. 2009 and 2021 SA were the world champions. And NZ were the world champions in 2017. The only series the Lions have won in recent years was against Australia, who were significantly weaker than the other SH teams.

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Ed the Duck 3 hours ago

Leo Cullen 'completely, 100 per cent' understands Leinster fan frustration

Hard to test them when they’re rested the week before or left on the bench, don’t you think?

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JD 4 hours ago

Marcus Smith backed to beat rivals to Lions Test jersey

They are, except when it comes to 10.

Assuming Russell starts as test 10 you have no back up on the pitch. The only option is Kinghorn, but he would need to fill in there during warm up matches which is unlikely.

Only option is Smith in the 23 shirt. This again assumes Kinghorn starting 15. Based on current form that is the case.

Personally I prefer the conventional 5:3 split for the most part.

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RedWarriors 4 hours ago

Leo Cullen 'completely, 100 per cent' understands Leinster fan frustration

The point is the ‘Team are not pushing forward’. The team are better in absolute terms but the tactical coaching is poor. If Leinster are not being challenged and weaknesses exposed in matches then that has to be done in the training ground.

That said individual players must take flak. A lot of ire was directed at Snyman, but McCarthy must take flak too. That said what on earth was Keenan doing attempting to rush against Freeman (first try) and Ramm last try. Both times he was caught in no mans land leaving a field of green behind him. For the first try he just needs to hold his ground a little to cover the kick. An overlap was not on. Keenan would have easily reached Freeman, but rishing up made the grubber 100% on.

The Ramm one was equally bizarre. Now NH had caught Leinster short, but they have alot of work to do if Keenan holds his ground. Again he rushed up meaning one pass to Ramm makes the try.

Some players can be rested for 3 weeks, some get rusty. Keenan is one of the latter. But he must do better. All Leinster needed was one of those tries to be averted. Just one.

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Ed the Duck 4 hours ago

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