Eddie Jones has been forced into a number of changes to his Six Nations squad.
Jonny May has withdrawn from the England men’s squad with a knee injury while Courtney Lawes is unavailable to train this week as he is undergoing head injury return to play protocols.
Elliot Daly and George Ford have been called up to the squad, while Nick Isiekwe has also joined as injury cover for Lawes. Eddie Jones’ side have met today in Brighton to begin training for the Guinness Six Nations.
England’s first game is against Scotland in Edinburgh on Saturday 5 February. Following Owen Farrell’s withdrawal from the squad, Jones will now name a new team captain ahead of the Calcutta Cup fixture.
England will then travel to Rome to face Italy (Sunday 13 February) before two home games at Twickenham Stadium against Wales (Saturday 26 February) and Ireland (Saturday 12 March). Their final game is in Paris against France on Saturday 19 March.
England Six Nations 2022 Fixtures
- Saturday 5 February: Scotland v England (16:45)
- Sunday 13 February: Italy v England (15:00)
- Saturday 26 February: England v Wales (16:45)
- Saturday 12 March: England v Ireland (16:45)
- Saturday 19 March: France v England (20:00)
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Foreign-Born Players at 2022 Six Nations: Home Nations ranked
#4. England - Two players
- Bevan Rodd (Scotland) - Parent
- Marcus Smith (Philippines) - Parent
Try Celebrations for Marcus Smith of England during the Autumn Nations Match between England and Tonga at Twickenham Stoop on 6 November 2021. Photo: Tom Sandberg/PPAUK
#3. Ireland - Six players
- Rob Herring (South Africa) - Grandparent
- Finlay Bealham (Australia) - Grandparent
- James Lowe (New Zealand) - Residency (2020)
- Joey Carbery (New Zealand) - Residency (2019)
- Jamison Gibson Park (New Zealand) - Residency (2019)
- Mack Hansen (Australia) - Parent
#2. Wales - 12 players
Last year: 12
- Bradley Roberts (South Africa) - Grandparent
- Tomas Francis (England) - Grandparent
- Ben Carter (England)
- Will Rowlands (Wales) - Parent
- Christ Tshiunza (Democratic Republic of the Congo) - Residency
- Ross Moriarty (England) - Parent
- Gareth Anscombe (New Zealand) - Parent
- Jonathan Davies (England) - Parent
- Willis Halaholo (New Zealand) - Residency (2019)
- Nick Tompkins (England) - Grandparent
- Alex Cuthbert (England)
- Johnny McNicholl (New Zealand) - Residency (2019)
#1. Scotland - 22 players
Last year: 23
- Ewan Ashman (Canada) - Parent
- WP Nel (South Africa) - Residency (2015)
- Pierre Schoeman (South Africa) - Residency (2021)
- Javan Sebastian (Wales) - Parent
- Sam Skinner (England) - Parent
- Josh Bayliss (England) - Grandparent
- Andy Christie (England) - Grandparent
- Nick Haining (Australia) - Grandparent
- Hamish Watson (England) - Grandparent
- Ali Price (England) - Parent
- Ben Vellacott (England) - Parent
- Ben White (England)
- Chris Harris (England) - Grandparent
- Rory Hutchinson (England) - Parent
- Sam Johnson (Australia) - Residency (2018)
- Cameron Redpath (France) - Parent
- Sione Tuipulotu (Australia) - Grandparent
- Rufus McLean (USA) - Parent
- Kyle Rowe (England) - Parent
- Kyle Steyn (South Africa) - Parent
- Duhan van de Merwe (South Africa) - Residency (2020)
Cameron Redpath of Bath Rugby goes over for a try during the Gallagher Premiership Rugby Match between Bath Rugby and Sale Sharks at the Recreation Ground on 14 May. Photo: Tom Sandberg/PPAUK
