England squad update: Two more players ruled out and replaced - Ruck

England squad update: Two more players ruled out and replaced

England head coach Steve Borthwick has confirmed that Jamie George and Elliot Daly has been forced to withdraw from his squad.

Jamie Blamire (Newcastle Falcons) and Ollie Lawrence (Bath Rugby) have been called up as their replacements.

https://twitter.com/EnglandRugby/status/1617839759786655744

RANKED: Which 2023 Six Nations Team Has the Most Foreign-Born Players?

The 2023 Six Nations Championship is the 24th edition of the competition since expanding to include Italy in 2000.

It was originally conceived as the Home Nations Championship and first contested by England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales in 1883. France joined in 1910 to create the Five Nations Championship.

There were 59 foreign-born players in the 2021 Six Nations. The player rosters for the 2022 competition number totalled of 73 foreign-born players

#6. England (4/36) – Up by two

On 16 January 2023, Borthwick named a 36-player England squad for the 2023 Six Nations Championship

Bevan Rodd (Scotland)

Mako Vunipola (New Zealand)

Marcus Smith (Phillipines)

Manu Tuilagi (Samoa)

Manu Tuilagi of England during the Autumn Nations Match between England and Tonga at Twickenham Stoop on 6 November 2021. Photo: Tom Sandberg/PPAUK

#5. France (5/42) – Up by one

On 17 January 2023, Galthié named a 42-man squad for the 2023 Six Nations Championship.

Uini Atonio (New Zealand)

Dany Priso (Cameroon)

Paul Willemse (South Africa)

Émilien Gailleton (England)

Yoram Moefana (Wallis and Futuna)

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