Injury boost for England

NEWS: England coach Steve Borthwick named 35 players to assemble at Pennyhill Park, to continue preparations for the upcoming Six Nations match against Italy at Twickenham on Sunday.

Back row forwards Ben Earl, Tom Curry and Tom Willis – along with centre Ollie Lawrence – have all been cleared for the Round Four encounter.

Former captain Jamie George is also included in the squad and will win his 100th England cap if he takes part.

Northampton flank Henry Pollock, an Under-20 World Cup winner last year, is also included.

Fixture

Six Nations

England

47 - 24

Full-time

Italy

All Stats and Data

England squad

Forwards: Fin Baxter (Harlequins), Ollie Chessum (Leicester Tigers), Alex Coles (Northampton Saints), Luke Cowan-Dickie (Sale Sharks), Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins), Ben Curry (Sale Sharks), Tom Curry (Sale Sharks), Theo Dan (Saracens), Ben Earl (Saracens), Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears), Jamie George (Saracens), Joe Heyes (Leicester Tigers), Ted Hill (Bath), Maro Itoje (Saracens), Curtis Langdon (Northampton Saints), Asher Opoku-Fordjour (Sale Sharks), Henry Pollock (Northampton Saints), Bevan Rodd (Sale Sharks), Will Stuart (Bath), Tom Willis (Saracens).

Backs: Oscar Beard (Harlequins), Elliot Daly (Saracens), Fraser Dingwall (Northampton Saints), George Ford (Sale Sharks), Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints), Ollie Lawrence (Bath), Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints), Harry Randall (Bristol Bears), Tom Roebuck (Sale Sharks), Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs), Ollie Sleightholme (Northampton Saints), Fin Smith (Northampton Saints), Marcus Smith (Harlequins), Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers), Jack van Poortvliet (Leicester Tigers).

Six Nations

P

W

L

D

PF

PA

PD

BP T

BP-7

BP

Total

1

Ireland

3

3

0

0

14

2

France

3

2

1

0

11

3

England

3

2

1

0

10

4

Scotland

3

1

2

0

6

5

Italy

3

1

2

0

4

6

Wales

3

0

3

0

1