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In-form Ted Hill among trio called up by England
By Jon Newcombe
Bath flanker Ted Hill, Sale Sharks fly-half George Ford and Northampton lock Alex Coles have been added to England’s 36-player squad ahead of the Autumn Nations Series opener against the All Blacks at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham, next Saturday.
Hill's call-up comes on the back of a try-scoring, Player of the Match display for Bath in their thumping 40-13 win over Sale Sharks at The Rec and gives the 25-year-old former Worcester player hope that he might add to his two caps in the month ahead.
While Ford did not play for Sale in yesterday's match, he has now recovered from the torn quad muscle injury that has sidelined him since round two of the Premiership.
Coles, meanwhile, returned from injury in Northampton's clash at Bristol on Friday night, captaining the side in the Premiership for the first time.
Tom Roebuck (Sale), Charlie Ewels (Bath), and Ollie Chessum (Leicester) have been released from Steve Borthwick's squad. Chessum is awaiting further assessment on a knee injury, while Ewels is currently following return-to-play protocols. No reason was given for Roebuck's withdrawal in the press release issued by England Rugby on Sunday evening.
England's updated 36-man Autumn Nations Series squad:
Forwards
Fin Baxter (Harlequins)
Dan Cole (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)
Trevor Davison (Northampton Saints)
Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins)
Ben Earl (Saracens)
Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears)
Jamie George (Saracens)
Ted Hill (Bath Rugby)
Nick Isiekwe (Saracens)
Maro Itoje (Saracens)
Joe Marler (Harlequins)
George Martin (Leicester Tigers)
Will Stuart (Bath Rugby)
Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby)
Backs
Elliot Daly (Saracens)
Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (Exeter Chiefs)
George Ford (Sale Sharks)
Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints)
George Furbank (Northampton Saints)
Ollie Lawrence (Bath Rugby)
Alex Lozowski (Saracens)
Luke Northmore (Harlequins)
Harry Randall (Bristol Bears)
Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs)
Ollie Sleightholme (Northampton Saints)
Fin Smith (Northampton Saints)
Marcus Smith (Harlequins)
Ben Spencer (Bath Rugby)
Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers)
Jack van Poortvliet (Leicester Tigers)
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Yeah they obviously want to go away from the old approach of sink-or-swim, but I feel they have gone far to far towards ensure no one sinks by limiting their opportunities.
Aumua showed that if he has jittery starts he can warm himself into the game if you give him enough of a chance. I think Razor saw Steve Borthwick refuse to bring on his young bench in that two test series and construed that keeping the experienced guys on for near 80 minutes was the reason they finished better than the All Blacks in those goes.
Hopefully he has learned that's not the golden bullet approach now. Aumua, Darry, Finau, even Lakai, are likely going to be part of the future RWC team, so now is as good a time as any to start them in one of these big games coming up.
Go to commentsRieko and Jordie back is huge....light and day to any other 12/13 option. Please no TJP selection, but assume he will get one of the big tests unfortunately. Just rotate Ratima and Roigard for starting in the big tests...thats how it needs to roll going forward. Shame Lakai cant get in for Cane
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