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Eddie Jones names England squad for 'France week'
By Online Editors
England head coach Eddie Jones has named a 33 man squad to begin preparations for England’s next NatWest 6 Nations match against France in Paris (Saturday 10 March 4:45pm KO).
The 24 players who were involved in this week’s training camps across the country as well as apprentice Gabriel Ibitoye (Harlequins) will train at Twickenham stadium today. The remaining eight players will join up with the squad on Sunday at Pennyhill Park.
Backs
Mike Brown (Harlequins)
Danny Care (Harlequins)
Elliot Daly (Wasps)
Owen Farrell (Saracens)
George Ford (Leicester Tigers)
Gabriel Ibitoye (Harlequins) *
Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby)
Alex Lozowski (Saracens)
Jonny May (Leicester Tigers)
Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs)
Marcus Smith (Harlequins) *
Denny Solomona (Sale Sharks)
Ben Te’o (Worcester Warriors)
Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby)
Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens)
Forwards
Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers)
Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby)
Jamie George (Saracens)
Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints)
James Haskell (Wasps)
Nathan Hughes (Wasps)
Maro Itoje (Saracens)
George Kruis (Saracens)
Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints)
Joe Launchbury (Wasps)
Joe Marler (Harlequins)
Zach Mercer (Bath Rugby)
Chris Robshaw (Harlequins)
Sam Simmonds (Exeter Chiefs)
Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins)
Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby)
Mako Vunipola (Saracens)
Harry Williams (Exeter Chiefs)
* Apprentice players
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