In pictures: Second week of England Rugby World Cup training

Steve Borthwick has a 38-strong squad with him this week in Brighton as England negotiate week two of their pre-season training ahead of the September Rugby World Cup.

Only players from Saracens and Sale, the May 27 Gallagher Premiership finalists, were unavailable for selection – they will only become available for the first July camp at The Lensbury.

Last week, with players from the four semi-final clubs unavailable, Borthwick had 28 players in for week one training at Pennyhill Park.

That gathering wasn’t without its concerns as Ollie Lawrence and Jack Walker suffered respective knee and calf injuries that will reportedly take six weeks to fully recover from.

Both are now in Brighton receiving further treatment, joining Billy Vunipola, Ollie Chessum and Luke Cowan-Dickie in the group of in-camp players rehabilitating from injury.

At least they remain the in loop – Ollie Hassell-Collins, Harry Randall and Ben Spencer were named in the week one squad but weren’t recalled for week two training. England open their four-match World Cup warm-up schedule with an August 5 game away to Wales in Cardiff, with coach Borthwick poised to name his final 33-man squad for the finals in France two days later on August 7 in London.

Joe Marler stretches out (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)

Marcus Smith goes running (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)

Henry Slade strikes a pose (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)

Sam Underhill and George Martin go through their paces (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)

Steve Borthwick calls the shots (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)

It wasn't all hard work as Marcus Smith and co share a joke (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)