Eddie Jones has retained 28 players ahead of England’s Test match against Tonga this weekend.
Jones confirmed this afternoon that scrum half Raffi Quirke, as well as backs Max Malins and Louis Lynagh will be unavailable for selection this weekend due to injuries sustained before they arrived in camp.
Marcus Smith, who missed last weeks open training session in Jersey, is also carrying an injury and has been labelled as a doubt for the clash.
Jones said: “He hasn’t done much this week, just a bit of ball handling. We’re being conservative with him, but we are cautiously optimistic he’ll be alright to play.”
| FORWARDS | CLUB |
| Jamie Blamire | Newcastle Falcons |
| Tom Curry | Sale Sharks |
| Trevor Davison | Newcastle Falcons |
| Alex Dombrandt | Harlequins |
| Charlie Ewels | Bath Rugby |
| Ellis Genge | Leicester Tigers |
| Jamie George | Saracens |
| Jonny Hill | Exeter Chiefs |
| Maro Itoje | Saracens |
| Courtney Lawes | Northampton Saints |
| Joe Marler | Harlequins |
| Kyle Sinckler | Bristol Bears |
| Will Stuart | Bath Rugby |
| Sam Underhill | Bath Rugby |
| BACKS | CLUB |
| Mark Atkinson | Gloucester Rugby |
| Owen Farrell | Saracens |
| George Furbank | Northampton Saints |
| Max Malins | Saracens |
| Joe Marchant | Harlequins |
| Jonny May | Gloucester Rugby |
| Alex Mitchell | Northampton Saints |
| Raffi Quirke | Sale Sharks |
| Adam Radwan | Newcastle Falcons |
| Henry Slade | Exeter Chiefs |
| Marcus Smith | Harlequins |
| Freddie Steward | Leicester Tigers |
| Manu Tuilagi | Sale Sharks |
| Ben Youngs | Leicester Tigers |
England’s autumn fixtures
- England vs Tonga, 3.15pm on Sat 6 Nov
- England vs Australia, 5.30pm on Sat 13 Nov
- England vs South Africa, 3.15pm on Sat 20 Nov
Where to watch the Autumn Nations Series:
Prime members can watch the Autumn Nations Series live from 30th October with the Prime Video app on TVs, mobile devices, Amazon Fire TV, Fire TV Stick, Fire tablets, games consoles, on Virgin’s V6 TV Box, the Talk Talk TV set top box, Apple TV, Chromecast, BT TV or online.
For a list of all compatible devices visit amazon.co.uk/watchanywhere.
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#1&2. Owen Farrell & Marcus Smith
Jones said: “‘We know George is a good player but we’ve asked him to have a look at a couple of things in his game to make him even better,’ said Jones. ‘I think he is doing that. He is playing well.
“But we are keen to give Marcus and Owen the opportunity to play at 10 and 12 and see where they can take our game.”
DID YOU KNOW? Smith started playing rugby union at the age of seven for Centaurs RFC when his family moved to Singapore