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Johann van Graan's champions turn their attention to France

SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT: England head coach Steve Borthwick has named a 36-player training squad ahead of England XV v France XV this weekend.

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The squad includes 10 players from Bath and Leicester Tigers who featured in the recent Premiership Final.

Players selected for The British & Irish Lions are not included in the squad.

The touring squad for the July Tests against Argentina and USA will be announced on Monday, June 23.

Johann van Graan’s Bath recorded a nailbiting 23-21 victory over the Tigers at Twickenham and centre Max Ojomoh was one of the try-scorers.

Ojomoh is one of seven Bath players in the squad.

Training squad:

Forwards: Fin Baxter (Harlequins), Arthur Clark (Gloucester), Alex Coles (Northampton Saints), Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins), Theo Dan (Saracens), Trevor Davison (Northampton Saints), Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins), Charlie Ewels (Bath), Jamie George (Saracens), Joe Heyes (Leicester Tigers), Ted Hill (Bath), Nick Isiekwe (Saracens), Manny Iyogun (Northampton Saints), Jack Kenningham (Harlequins), Curtis Langdon (Northampton Saints), Asher Opoku-Fordjour (Sale Sharks), Guy Pepper (Bath), Bevan Rodd (Sale Sharks), Sam Underhill (Bath), Tom Willis (Saracens).

Backs: Charlie Atkinson (Gloucester), Seb Atkinson (Gloucester), Oscar Beard (Harlequins), Joe Carpenter (Sale Sharks), Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (Exeter Chiefs), George Ford (Sale Sharks), Will Muir (Bath), Cadan Murley (Harlequins), Luke Northmore (Harlequins), Max Ojomoh (Bath), Raffi Quirke (Sale Sharks), Tom Roebuck (Sale Sharks), Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs), Ben Spencer (Bath), Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers), Jack van Poortvliet (Leicester Tigers).

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Rehabilitation: Ben Curry (Sale Sharks), Fraser Dingwall (Northampton Saints), George Furbank (Northampton Saints), Harry Randall (Bristol Bears).

Not considered for selection: Joe Batley (Bristol Bears), Ollie Lawrence (Bath), Alex Lozowski (Saracens), George Martin (Leicester Tigers), Ollie Sleightholme (Northampton Saints).

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