January 25 2008

England Head Coach Brian Ashton MBE has confirmed that the same squad that met for training at Twickenham Stadium last Monday will convene in Bath on Sunday night to prepare for the RBS 6 Nations match against Wales at Twickenham on February 2 (4.30pm).
 
Michael Lipman (Bath Rugby), Paul Hodgson (London Irish) and Luke Narraway (Gloucester Rugby) will all stay with the senior England squad. The 24 remaining players of the England Saxons squad will meet at Loughborough University on Monday to prepare for the game against Ireland A at Welford Road on Friday February 1 (7.45pm).
 
Paul Sackey (London Wasps) will join the senior squad on Sunday subject to being symptom free.
 
Joe Worsley is currently rehabilitating from a neck injury with London Wasps and will not be available for the games against Wales and Italy.
 
The starting XV to play Wales will be announced on Tuesday January 29.

England training squad for RBS 6 Nations match against Wales

Forwards     
Steve Borthwick (Bath Rugby)
Tom Croft (Leicester Tigers)
George Chuter (Leicester Tigers)
Louis Deacon (Leicester Tigers)
Nick Easter (Harlequins)
James Haskell (London Wasps)
Michael Lipman (Bath Rugby)
Ben Kay (Leicester Tigers)
Lee Mears (Bath Rugby)
Lewis Moody (Leicester Tigers)
Luke Narraway (Gloucester Rugby)
Tim Payne (London Wasps)
Tom Rees (London Wasps)
Mark Regan (Bristol Rugby)
Simon Shaw (London Wasps)
Andrew Sheridan (Sale Sharks)
Matt Stevens (Bath Rugby)
Phil Vickery (London Wasps, captain)

Backs
Iain Balshaw (Gloucester Rugby)
Daniel Cipriani (London Wasps)
Mark Cueto (Sale Sharks)
Toby Flood (Newcastle Falcons)
Andy Gomarsall (Harlequins)
Charlie Hodgson (Sale Sharks)
Paul Hodgson (London Irish)
Jamie Noon (Newcastle Falcons)
Paul Sackey (London Wasps)
David Strettle (Harlequins)
Mat Tait (Newcastle Falcons)
Mike Tindall (Gloucester Rugby)
Richard Wigglesworth (Sale Sharks)
Jonny Wilkinson (Newcastle Falcons)
Lesley Vainikolo (Gloucester Rugby)

England Saxons training squad for match against Ireland A

Forwards
Jordan Crane (Leicester Tigers)
Phil Dowson (Newcastle Falcons)
Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints)
Jason Hobson (Bristol Rugby)
Nick Kennedy (London Irish)
Magnus Lund (Sale Sharks)
David Paice (London Irish)
Tom Palmer (London Wasps)
Will Skinner (Harlequins)
Ben Skirving (Saracens)
George Skivington (London Wasps)
David Wilson (Newcastle Falcons)
Nick Wood (Gloucester Rugby)
Ben Woods (Newcastle Falcons)

Backs
Nick Abendanon (Bath Rugby)
Anthony Allen (Gloucester Rugby)
Delon Armitage (London Irish)
Mike Brown (Harlequins)
Lee Dickson (Newcastle Falcons)
Shane Geraghty (London Irish)
James Grindal (Newcastle Falcons)
Ryan Lamb (Gloucester Rugby)
James Simpson-Daniel (Gloucester Rugby)
Tom Varndell (Leicester Tigers)