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England head coach Steve Borthwick has confirmed England’s full squad for the opening Six Nations match against Scotland; Henry Slade has been forced to withdraw through injury; “We know we have a lot of work to do,” Borthwick warned
Last updated: 29/01/23 19:49
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England’s most capped men’s player Ben Youngs says he is excited for Steve Borthwick’s new start as England prepare to face Scotland in the Six Nations.
England’s most capped men’s player Ben Youngs says he is excited for Steve Borthwick’s new start as England prepare to face Scotland in the Six Nations.
England head coach Steve Borthwick has confirmed the withdrawal of Henry Slade from his 36-man squad for the Six Nations opener against Scotland.
Slade withdrew from the squad with a hip injury in Exeter Chiefs’ game against Castres, ahead of training camp last week, and has not recovered sufficiently to be selected.
Slade, along with Courtney Lawes, will be in the England camp this week to continue his rehab.
England head coach Steve Borthwick has selected his squad
Jamie George has been named in the squad and will continue to work through his graduated return-to-play protocol. Anthony Watson has also been recalled after injury.
England will open this year’s Six Nations campaign when they take on Scotland in a Calcutta Cup clash at Twickenham on Saturday.
“It’s been a very important week for us as we prepare for our first game against Scotland,” said Borthwick.
“We know that Scotland are a very good team with a good coaching team led by Gregor Townsend. They are an established squad who have been together for a long time and have dominated this game in recent seasons.
“He will come to Twickenham full of confidence.
“We know we have a lot of work to do. The team trained hard last week and are ready to come back this week.
“We can’t wait to be at Twickenham again in front of our amazing supporters.”
The full England squad is confirmed as follows:
ADVANCED
Ollie Chessum (Leicester Tigers, 5 caps)
Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers, 95 caps)
Ben Curry (Sale Shark, 1 cover)
Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins, 9 caps)
Tom Dunn (Bath Rugby, 3 caps)
Ben Earl (Saracens, 13 caps)
Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears, 43 caps)
Jamie George (Saracens, 72 caps)
Joe Heyes (Leicester Tigers, 7 caps)
Jonny Hill (Sale Sharks, 19 caps)
Nick Isiekwe (Saracens, 8 caps)
Maro Itoje (Saracens, 62 caps)
Lewis Ludlam (Northampton Saints, 14 caps)
David Ribbans (Northampton Saints, 3 caps)
Bevan Rodd (Sale Sharks, 2 caps)
Sam Simmonds (Exeter Chiefs, 18 caps)
Kyle Sinckler (Bristol Bears, 56 caps)
Marko Vunipola (Saracens, 74 caps)
Jack Walker (Harlequins, uncapped)
Jack Willis (Toulouse, 6 caps)
RETREAT
Owen Farrell (Saracens, 101 caps)
Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints, 3 caps)
Ollie Hassell-Collins (London Irish, uncapped)
Dan Kelly (Leicester Tigers, 1 cap)
Ollie Lawrence (Bath Rugby, 7 caps)
Max Malins (Saracens, 14 caps)
Joe Marchant (Harlequins, 13 caps)
Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints, 1 cap)
Cadan Murley (Harlequins, uncapped)
Fin Smith (Northampton Saints, uncapped)
Marcus Smith (Harlequins, 17 caps)
Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers, 17 caps)
Manu Tuilagi (Sale Sharks, 50 caps)
Jack van Poortvliet (Leicester Tigers, 7 caps)
Anthony Watson (Leicester Tigers, 51 caps)
Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 121 caps)
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