England coach reveals his hand ahead of November Tests

SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT: England head coach Steve Borthwick has named a 36-player squad for a three-day training camp ahead of the upcoming November Tests.

The squad will assemble on Monday, October 7, with training taking place in Pennyhill Park and at Twickenham Stadium.

“After watching a competitive and high-scoring start to the Premiership season, I am once again looking forward to gathering the players together,” said Borthwick

“This training camp is an important part of our preparations for the Nations Series as we continue to build on the cohesion we’ve developed over the past two campaigns.

“The squad reflects the depth and quality we have in English rugby, and we are looking forward to working with the players ahead of what will be a highly competitive series.”

England welcome New Zealand at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday, November 2 for their first match of the 2024 Nations Series, before taking on Australia, South Africa and Japan.

England’s 36-player squad:

Forwards: Fin Baxter (Harlequins), Ollie Chessum (Leicester Tigers), Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers), Alex Coles (Northampton Saints), Luke Cowan-Dickie (Sale Sharks), Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins), Theo Dan (Saracens), Trevor Davison (Northampton Saints), Ben Earl (Saracens), Greg Fisilau (Exeter Chiefs), Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears), Jamie George (Saracens), Maro Itoje (Saracens), Joe Marler (Harlequins), George Martin (Leicester Tigers), Tom Pearson (Northampton Saints), Ethan Roots (Exeter Chiefs), Will Stuart (Bath), Sam Underhill (Bath), Tom Willis (Saracens).

Backs: Oscar Beard (Harlequins), Elliot Daly (Saracens), Fraser Dingwall (Northampton Saints), Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (Exeter Chiefs), Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints), George Furbank (Northampton Saints), Ollie Lawrence (Bath), Alex Lozowski (Saracens), Harry Randall (Bristol Bears), Tom Roebuck (Sale Sharks), Ollie Sleightholme (Northampton Saints), Fin Smith (Northampton Saints), Marcus Smith (Harlequins), Ben Spencer (Bath), Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers), Jack van Poortvliet (Leicester Tigers).

Rehabilitation: Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs), Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins), Luke Northmore (Harlequins).

Not considered for selection: Joe Cokanasiga (Bath), Ben Curry (Sale Sharks), Tom Curry (Sale Sharks), George Ford (Sale Sharks), Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints), Will Muir (Bath), Max Ojomoh (Bath), Raffi Quirke (Sale Sharks), Bevan Rodd (Sale Sharks).

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