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Latest England Squad Confirmed: Son of 2003 World Cup Winner Earns First Call-Up

Steve Borthwick has named a 43-man England squad for a three-day camp ahead of the inaugural Nations Championship.

The squad assembles on Monday 18 May and will train at Pennyhill Park until Wednesday.

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England begin their Nations Championship campaign against South Africa in Johannesburg on Saturday 4 July, before facing Fiji and Argentina. All matches will be broadcast live on ITV Sport.

Full fixture list.

Two of the standout selections are uncapped scrum-half Charlie Bracken and Bristol Bears centre Benhard Janse van Rensburg.

Charlie Bracken, the son of former England scrum-half Kyran Bracken, receives his first senior call-up after an impressive breakthrough season with Saracens.

Kyran was part of England’s 2003 Rugby World Cup-winning squad, making Charlie the first son of a member of that victorious team to earn a senior England call-up.

Benhard Janse van Rensburg is included after being cleared to represent England. Born in Pretoria, the powerful Bristol Bears centre qualified following a successful appeal to World Rugby regarding a brief appearance for South Africa Under-20s in 2016.

One of the Prem’s standout midfielders this season, he is now in line to make his Test debut this summer.


England Squad

Forwards

  • Jamie Blamire (Leicester Tigers)
  • Ollie Chessum (Leicester Tigers)
  • Arthur Clark (Gloucester Rugby)
  • Alex Coles (Northampton Saints)
  • Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins)
  • Tom Curry (Sale Sharks)
  • Theo Dan (Saracens)
  • Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins)
  • Ben Earl (Saracens)
  • Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears)
  • Jamie George (Saracens)
  • Joe Heyes (Leicester Tigers)
  • Nick Isiekwe (Saracens)
  • Maro Itoje (Saracens)
  • Emmanuel Iyogun (Northampton Saints)
  • George Martin (Leicester Tigers)
  • Beno Obano (Bath Rugby)
  • Asher Opoku-Fordjour (Sale Sharks)
  • Guy Pepper (Bath Rugby)
  • Henry Pollock (Northampton Saints)
  • Vilikesa Sela (Bath Rugby)
  • Kepu Tuipulotu (Bath Rugby)

Backs

  • Seb Atkinson (Gloucester Rugby)
  • Charlie Bracken (Saracens)
  • Noah Caluori (Saracens)
  • Fraser Dingwall (Northampton Saints)
  • Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (Exeter Chiefs)
  • George Ford (Sale Sharks)
  • Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints)
  • George Furbank (Northampton Saints)
  • Benhard Janse van Rensburg (Bristol Bears)
  • Archie McParland (Northampton Saints)
  • Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints)
  • Cadan Murley (Harlequins)
  • Adam Radwan (Leicester Tigers)
  • Tom Roebuck (Sale Sharks)
  • Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs)
  • Fin Smith (Northampton Saints)
  • Marcus Smith (Harlequins)
  • Ben Spencer (Bath Rugby)
  • Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers)
  • Jack van Poortvliet (Leicester Tigers)

Rehabilitation

  • Luke Cowan-Dickie (Sale Sharks)

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2026 Nations Championship Southern Series

Round 1 – Saturday, July 4

New Zealand v France — One New Zealand Stadium, Christchurch
Kick-off: 7:10pm local / 8:10am BST

Japan v Italy — Tokyo Chichibunomiya Stadium, Tokyo
Kick-off: 5:40pm local / 9:40am BST

Australia v Ireland — Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Kick-off: 8:10pm local / 11:10am BST

Fiji v Wales — Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
Kick-off: 2:10pm local / 2:10pm BST

South Africa v England — Ellis Park, Johannesburg
Kick-off: 5:40pm local / 4:40pm BST

Argentina v Scotland — Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Cordoba
Kick-off: 4:10pm local / 8:10pm BST

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