"Eligibility questioned" - Henry Slade and four other HUGE omissions form Eddie Jones England squad

The 36-player squad will meet on Monday for a five-day training camp in Jersey. They will then return to the Honda England Rugby Performance Centre at Pennyhill Park, ahead of their first game against Argentina on Sunday 6 November.

There is a first call-up for Harlequins’ Cadan Murley, with the wing having previously represented England at U18 and U20s level. Elsewhere Val Rapava Ruskin, Raffi Quirke and Kyle Sinckler return to the squad, whilst Owen Farrell (97) and Courtney Lawes (96) could both reach 100 Test caps for England during the Autumn Nations Series.

After their Argentina opener, England host Japan on Saturday 12 November (KO 3.15pm) before taking on New Zealand (Saturday 19 November - KO 5.30pm) and lastly world champions South Africa (Saturday 26 November - KO 5.30pm).

However, according to rugby scribe Bryan Ray, he's not.

The Exeter Chiefs star claimed in the interview that: "When I arrived in England in 2018, the rule was that you are eligible to play after three years of residency... Two months later, the rule went up to five years.

"I was living in the UK for three years straight and I couldn’t go home because of Covid. That’s why!"

Ray wrote in an interesting Twitter thread:

"November 2018 arrival would put him on track to qualify under the three-year residency rule in November of 2021. The consecutive residency rule, which falls under World Rugby's Regulation 8, was then extended to five years effective January 1, 2022."

"Schickerling assumes that because he reached the three-year mark before the change, his eligibility carried over. It does not."

"In order for Schickerling to keep his England eligibility, he had to have played for England or England 'A' between qualifying in November of 2021 and January 1, 2022. He did not."

Ray concludes by saying: "That means Schickerling falls under the five-year rule. He won't qualify for England until November of 2023, but remains eligible to represent Namibia."