- Tuilagi, Flood and Lawes retained for Wales clash
- Palmer, Turner-Hall and Brown among those released to clubs
Leicester Tigers pair Manu Tuilagi and Toby Flood and Northampton Saints lock Courtney Lawes are among those retained by England to prepare for the RBS 6 Nations match with Wales at Twickenham Stadium.
The below 22 players will return to Pennyhill Park on Wednesday evening ahead of the match with Warren Gatland’s unbeaten side on Saturday and Stuart Lancaster explained his initial tough selection calls.
The Interim England Head Coach said:"We've had a great two days of training and some difficult selection decisions with players coming back into the equation. There are some players have missed out this time but their attitude in training has been outstanding.
"We will look forward to meeting again on Wednesday night with our match day 22 and finalising preparations for the game."
Players retained by England
Forwards (12)
Mouritz Botha (Saracens)
Alex Corbisiero (London Irish)
Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers)
Tom Croft (Leicester Tigers)
Phil Dowson (Northampton Saints)
Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints)
Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints)
Ben Morgan (Scarlets)
Geoff Parling (Leicester Tigers)
Chris Robshaw (Harlequins)
Matt Stevens (Saracens)
Rob Webber (London Wasps)
Backs (10)
Chris Ashton (Northampton Saints)
Brad Barritt (Saracens)
Lee Dickson (Northampton Saints)
Owen Farrell (Saracens)
Toby Flood (Leicester Tigers)
Ben Foden (Northampton Saints)
Charlie Hodgson (Saracens)
David Strettle (Saracens)
Manusamoa Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers)
Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers)
The following players will return to their clubs this evening and be available for the weekend’s Aviva Premiership Round 16 and Orange Top 14 fixtures:
Chris Brooker (Harlequins)
Mike Brown (Harlequins)
Calum Clark (Northampton Saints)
Paul Doran Jones (Northampton Saints)
Tom Palmer (Stade Francais)
Joe Simpson (London Wasps)
Jordan Turner-Hall (Harlequins)
Thomas Waldrom (Leicester Tigers)
Joe Marler (Harlequins)
