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England Training Squad
DIR By: FrostAndFire
Date: May 18, 2026, 6:34 am
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HTML https://www.quins.co.uk/article/quartet-named-in-england-training-squad
Nothing enormously surprising here. Benhard Janse van Rensburg
is in, which I assume is to tie him to England rather than
giving him much in the way of game time. Slightly surprised to
see Nick Isiekwe there as he's never really broken through with
England.
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Re: England Training Squad
DIR By: FrostAndFire
Date: May 18, 2026, 6:35 am
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Should have said, Smith, Dombrandt, CCS, and Murley in for us.
Again, no real surprises there.
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Re: England Training Squad
DIR By: Fearless Fred
Date: May 18, 2026, 7:04 am
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--- Quote from: FrostAndFire link ---
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>
HTML https://www.quins.co.uk/article/quartet-named-in-england-training-squad
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> Nothing enormously surprising here. Benhard Janse van Rensburg
is in, which I assume is to tie him to England rather than
giving him much in the way of game time. Slightly surprised to
see Nick Isiekwe there as he's never really broken through with
England.
>
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It wouldn't surprise me to see him play in the game against
Fiji. The England management have already said there'll be a lot
of changes to the side that plays against Fiji because of the
schedule and the travel involved. We'll probably have a handful
at most of players feature in all three games this summer
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Re: England Training Squad
DIR By: poorfour
Date: May 18, 2026, 7:49 am
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Any word on Baxter? I thought he was due to be back this month
and surprised he’s not even been mentioned.
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Re: England Training Squad
DIR By: mrpj1985
Date: May 18, 2026, 8:09 am
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> Any word on Baxter? I thought he was due to be back this month
and surprised he’s not even been mentioned.
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HTML https://www.rugbypass.com/news/noah-caluori-and-benhard-janse-van-rensburg-two-of-seven-uncapped-players-in-steve-borthwicks-42-man-england-squad-gallagher-prem/
Mentioned at the bottom
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Re: England Training Squad
DIR By: Quinspur
Date: May 18, 2026, 8:09 am
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Baxter not considered for selection owing to injury. It
doesn’t matter who goes into the squad or team really as long as
the only function of the centres under Borthwick is to chase box
kicks. The Northampton players will be told by him to get rid
of all their attacking thoughts.
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Re: England Training Squad
DIR By: FrostAndFire
Date: May 18, 2026, 8:10 am
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> Any word on Baxter? I thought he was due to be back this month
and surprised he’s not even been mentioned.
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This is for a three-day training event starting today. I don't
think it's the final squad for the summer tests. Baxter is still
a couple of weeks off, IIRC.
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Re: England Training Squad
DIR By: MaidstoneQuin
Date: May 18, 2026, 8:10 am
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Not too bad with no major shocks. It's a shame the SA game is
the first rather than last fixture, to try bed in some newbies.
That said, my 23 from that line up I'd go for..
1. Genge
2. George
3. Heyes
4. Coles
5. Martin
6. Chessum
7. Pollock
8. Earl
9. McParland
10. Smith - F
11. IFW
12. Dingwall
13. BJV
14. Radwan
15. Furbank
16. Iyogun
17. Blamire
18. Opoku-Fordjour
19. CCS
20. T Curry
21. Spencer
22. Smith - M
23. Freeman
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Re: England Training Squad
DIR By: Quinky
Date: May 18, 2026, 8:19 am
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--- Quote from: FrostAndFire link ---
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>
HTML https://www.quins.co.uk/article/quartet-named-in-england-training-squad
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> Nothing enormously surprising here. Benhard Janse van Rensburg
is in, which I assume is to tie him to England rather than
giving him much in the way of game time. Slightly surprised to
see Nick Isiekwe there as he's never really broken through with
England.
>
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I don't think van Rensburg would have been very prominent on the
SA radar, given their strength in depth.
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Re: England Training Squad
DIR By: FrostAndFire
Date: May 18, 2026, 8:25 am
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> I don't think van Rensburg would have been very prominent on
the SA radar, given their strength in depth.
>
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Probably not, but countries do like to pin down prospective
players. It seems to be an acquisitional instinct, even if they
hardly use them at all afterwards.
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