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England Squad announced
DIR By: Fearless Fred
Date: January 20, 2020, 6:05 am
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ENGLAND MEN'S SQUAD FOR 2020 GUINNESS SIX NATIONS
Posted 5 Minutes Ago
England men’s head coach Eddie Jones has named his 34-man
England squad for the 2020 Guinness Six Nations.
Jones has included 22 players who played at the 2019 Rugby World
Cup in Japan last year and eight uncapped players.
Of those uncapped players Tom Dunn, Ben Earl and Ollie Thorley
have been involved in previous England squads while Fraser
Dingwall, George Furbank, Alex Moon, Will Stuart and Jacob Umaga
are called up for the first time.
In addition to the 34 players, Josh Hodge, who plays in the
Greene King IPA Championship, and Alex Mitchell have been called
up as apprentices and will only train with the squad.
'RAISING STANDARDS'
Jones said: “The Guinness Six Nations for us is all about
raising the standards in terms of the way we prepare, tactically
and physically how we play the game, and the way we come
together off the field.
“But our first task is beating France in France and that is the
only game we need to worry about. We will begin our preparations
in Portugal, get a bit of sun, some warm conditions and get
ourselves physically and mentally right for the game.
"The first three days will be about getting organised. We have
got players from 11 clubs so we need to get everyone on the same
page quickly, spend a lot of time working on our togetherness
and then by Tuesday next week we are in Test preparation for
France.”
On his selection Jones said: “It is always about winning the
next game so we have picked the best squad available. At the
same time we wanted to bring some young players in because we
need to keep building our depth so for those new players it is
an exciting opportunity for them.”
England will assemble at Pennyhill Park on Wednesday and travel
to Portugal on Thursday ahead of their first match against
France in Paris on Sunday 2nd February.
Last week Jones’ coaching staff were confirmed for the Guinness
Six Nations with attack coach Simon Amor and forwards coach Matt
Proudfoot joining defence coach John Mitchell and skills coach
Steve Borthwick.
Forwards
Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs, 21 caps)
Tom Curry (Sale Sharks, 19 caps)
Tom Dunn (Exeter Chiefs, uncapped)
Ben Earl (Saracens, uncapped)
Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby, 12 caps)
Ellis Genge (Leicester Tigers, 14 caps)
Jamie George (Saracens, 45 caps)
Ted Hill (Worcester Warriors, 1 cap)
Maro Itoje (Saracens, 34 caps)
George Kruis (Saracens, 41 caps)
Joe Launchbury (Wasps, 62 caps)
Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints, 81 caps)
Lewis Ludlam (Northampton Saints, 6 caps)
Joe Marler (Harlequins, 68 caps)
Alex Moon (Northampton Saints, uncapped)
Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins, 31 caps)
Will Stuart (Bath Rugby, uncapped)
Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby, 15 caps)
Mako Vunipola (Saracens, 58 caps)
Harry Williams (Exeter Chiefs, 18 caps)
Backs
Elliot Daly (Saracens, 39 caps)
Ollie Devoto (Exeter Chiefs, 1 cap)
Fraser Dingwall (Northampton Saints, uncapped)
Owen Farrell (Saracens, 79 caps)
George Ford (Leicester Tigers, 65 caps)
George Furbank (Northampton Saints, uncapped)
Willi Heinz (Gloucester Rugby, 9 caps)
Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby, 47 caps)
Jonny May (Leicester Tigers, 52 caps)
Ollie Thorley (Gloucester Rugby, uncapped)
Manu Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers, 40 caps)
Jacob Umaga (Wasps, uncapped)
Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby, 42 caps)
Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 95 caps)
Apprentice players
Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints, uncapped)
Josh Hodge (Newcastle Falcons, uncapped)
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Re: England Squad announced
DIR By: Rocker
Date: January 20, 2020, 6:07 am
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Shame that neither Dominator or Gabs get a chance. Victims of
our poor performances? Even though Dominator has been tearing up
the place?
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Re: England Squad announced
DIR By: SwindonQuin
Date: January 20, 2020, 6:08 am
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Have we got enough fit players to cover for both Marker and
Winkler for the duration!??
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Re: England Squad announced
DIR By: Nico Wilson
Date: January 20, 2020, 6:10 am
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Bad luck on timing - it would have been great to have Joe and
Sinks available to take on Sarries
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Re: England Squad announced
DIR By: Harleys Evil Step Mum
Date: January 20, 2020, 6:10 am
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Gabs is way off England atm! (IMHO) Dombrandt unlucky not to be
picked!
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Re: England Squad announced
DIR By: Bolly-Quin
Date: January 20, 2020, 6:15 am
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--- Quote from: Rocker link ---
>
> Shame that ... Gabs (doesn't) get a chance.
--- End Quote ---
:D He's got so much to do for Quins before anything else...
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Re: England Squad announced
DIR By: T-Bone
Date: January 20, 2020, 6:19 am
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Pretty surprised about Dombrandt.
Pretty disappointing squad really in some ways. Still Youngs and
Heinz at 9. Why will he not bring in Spencer or Robson. At least
Michell is there.
I haven't really got that much of a problem with most the
players, but would have been a good chance to get some new faces
in.
Surprised about Jacob Umaga. he's been pretty inconsistent when
I've seen him. I'd say that Smith and Simmonds have been better.
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Re: England Squad announced
DIR By: Twickersman
Date: January 20, 2020, 6:23 am
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I for one am glad that Domborant is not called up, we keep him
for the Premiership games in between.
Amazed that he has pick Umanga ahead of Marcus Smith. Might be
because Umanga can cover a couple of positions.
As usual, Eddie does, what Eddie wants to do....I expect a few
names to be changed during the six nations.
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Re: England Squad announced
DIR By: A222Quin
Date: January 20, 2020, 6:36 am
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Looks like a pretty decent squad. Only questions I'd really
raise are why keep both Youngs and Heinz in and I'd have
Simmonds or Smith over Umaga.
Oh and Cipriani, bestest player ever ever... England would have
gone out in the group stages of the WC if it wasn't for him...
;D ;)
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Re: England Squad announced
DIR By: Archquin
Date: January 20, 2020, 6:38 am
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surprised no Sam Simmonds ?
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