These 10 players have a right to feel more than a touch aggrieved.
No other Englishmen have played more Premiership games than them without winning an international cap.
With the way England hand out caps these days, that takes quite some doing.
Here is the top 10: (stats from Statbunker)
10. Neal Hatley (London Irish) - 192
Played for London Irish between 1998-2012 and became the most “capped” Premiership player at that time. He also captained England Saxons in 2007 winning the Churchill Cup.
After his playing career, he moved into coaching with the London Irish youth academy. Hatley joined Bath Rugby for the 2012/13 season where he was appointed forwards coach. Following the end of the 2015-16 season, he left Bath to become the England team's scrum coach.
9. Craig Gillies (Bath, Richmond, Gloucester, Worcester) - 194
The lock changed his mind about staying at Sixways for another season by opting to retire from rugby at 37 in 2013.
Paisley-born, 6 ft 8 in Gillies, who grew up in Devon, started his career with Bath, spending three seasons at The Rec before joining Richmond for three years.
He then spent two seasons at Llanelli before moving to Sixways in 2002, since when he has been a regular for most of those 11 seasons - breaking the club's appearance record in the modern era.
DID YOU KNOW: He scored just one try in 149 Premiership games for Worcester
8. Kevin Sorrell (Saracens) - 199
Sorrell retired from professional rugby at the end of the 2009/10 season and took up a role on the club’s coaching staff after a career that saw him make 303 appearances for the club.
After two years working with the Saracens Academy, Sorrell was promoted to first team back coach at the start of the 2012/13 season.
Sorrell joined Saracens in 1995 and was one of the club’s most consistent performers for more than a decade.
7. Nick Wood (Gloucester) - 200
Gloucester legend Wood spent his entire career at Kingsholm in a career that spanned 15 years between 20031 and 2016.
Wood represented England at under-21 level and Saxons level and was called into the full England squad party to tour South Africa in 2008 but was then injured.
He was also named in England's squad for matches against the Barbarians and Argentina in 2009, but did not play.
5. David Seymour (Saracens, Sale Sharks) - 213
The flanker retired from rugby union in February of this year, ending a 15-year career in the sport.
The 33-year-old open-side flanker joined the Sharks in 2009 from Saracens and went on to make almost 200 appearances for the club, establishing himself as one of Aviva Premiership Rugby’s most consistent performers.
Formerly an England Under-21 international, Seymour helped England to a silver medal in rugby sevens at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
3=. David Barnes (West Hartlepool, Newcastle, Harlequins, Bath) - 217
After starting his career with West Hartlepool he subsequently played for the Newcastle Falcons when they won the 1997–98 Premiership.
Barnes then joined Harlequin F.C, where he understudied Jason Leonard, before moving to Bath Rugby in 2000. Before retiring from the sport, due to injury, in 2011, he had played 266 first team games for Bath Rugby and a career total of over 200 Premiership games.
In 2006, Barnes featured in an England XV side against the Barbarians before he then captained England Saxons at the 2006 Churchill Cup. He was also called up to Martin Johnson's squad for the 2009 Autumn Internationals but withdrew from the squad due to an injury inflicted upon him by teammate Duncan Bell.
DID YOU KNOW: He was appointed head of Discipline at the RFU in July 2017
3=. Chris Fortey (Gloucester, Worcester) - 217
The popular hooker kicked off his career with his boyhood club Gloucester, making over 100 appearances between 1997 and 2004.
He then moved to Worcester in 2005 where he'd scrum down with his identical twin Lee, who was a prop.
Fortey would be at the Warriors for seven years before a short stint at Hartpury, where he was named the captain, proved to be the end of his career.
3=. Kris Chesney (Saracens, Bristol) - 217
At Age 18, Chesney started playing rugby in Essex with local club Barking RFC before quickly moving onto Saracens where he made a record 300 appearances in all competition.
During his career, he made appearances for England at U21 and then captained the England 7’s team in 2004, this was the same year he won the Zurich Premiership Try of The Season Award. Before leaving Saracens, Chesney played for the invitational Barbarians side against England at Twickenham.
He finished his senior playing career with 3 years at Toulon, playing alongside teammates Johnny Wilkinson, Simon Shaw and Sonny Bill Williams.
2. Christian Day (Sale Sharks, Northampton Saints) - 220
The 34-year-old was at Franklin's Gardens since 2008 and helped the Saints to two European Challenge Cups and two Premiership titles.
Day previously played all of his professional career at Sale except for a short term contract at French giants Stade Français.
Away from the pitch Day served as Chairman of the Rugby Players’ Association from 2014 to 2017, becoming Vice Chairman for the 2017/18 season, and took on a full-time position as Player Liaison Officer with the organisation in July 2018.
1. Stuart Hooper (Saracens, Leeds Carnegie, Bath) - 232
Previously a player for Saracens and Leeds Carnegie, Hooper joined Bath in the 2008/2009 season.
Captain of the team in his last five years at the Club, Hooper retired in April 2016 and took up the new role of Performance and Player Development Director - a role which includes supporting the coaching staff in developing player skills and running the Performance aspects of the Rugby department.
In June 2005 Hooper was called up for England Saxons against France and was part of their Churchill Cup success in Canada. Hooper also captained the 2009 Saxons side in the Churchill Cup, where England were beaten by Ireland in the final.
