Beno Obano’s hopes of a primary England cap have been boosted following his inclusion within the 36-man squad making ready for Saturday’s worldwide towards Fiji.
The Bath prop, who not too long ago turned 31, gained the final of his 4 caps away to Italy within the 2024 Six Nations.
Obano and uncapped Northampton lock Tom Lockett are the brand new faces within the squad that has assembled at Pennyhill Park as England look to actual revenge on Fiji for beating them the final time the perimeters met at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham in 2023.
Whereas Obano and Lockett have been referred to as up by Steve Borthwick, Bathtub centre Max Ojomoh and Saracens’ surprise child, Noah Caluori, have dropped out, probably with the England A vs All Blacks XV fixture in thoughts.
England A tackle the All Blacks at The Rec in Bathtub on the identical day that the senior facet face Fiji.
The up to date England squad:
Forwards
Fin Baxter (Harlequins)
Ollie Chessum (Leicester Tigers)
Alex Coles (Northampton Saints)
Luke Cowan-Dickie (Sale Sharks)
Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins)
Tom Curry (Sale Sharks)
Theo Dan (Saracens)
Ben Earl (Saracens)
Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears)
Jamie George (Saracens)
Joe Heyes (Leicester Tigers)
Maro Itoje (Saracens)
Nick Isiekwe (Saracens)
Jack Kenningham (Harlequins)
Tom Lockett (Northampton Saints)
Beno Obano (Bathtub Rugby)
Asher Opoku-Fordjour (Sale Sharks)
Man Pepper (Bathtub Rugby)
Henry Pollock (Northampton Saints)
Will Stuart (Bathtub Rugby)
Sam Underhill (Bathtub Rugby)
Backs
Henry Arundell (Bathtub Rugby)
Fraser Dingwall (Northampton Saints)
Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (Exeter Chiefs)
George Ford (Sale Sharks)
Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints)
Ollie Lawrence (Bathtub Rugby)
Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints)
Cadan Murley (Harlequins)
Raffi Quirke (Sale Sharks)
Tom Roebuck (Sale Sharks)
Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs)
Fin Smith (Northampton Saints)
Marcus Smith (Harlequins)
Ben Spencer (Bathtub Rugby)
Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers)
Rehabilitation: Elliot Daly (Saracens), George Martin (Leicester Tigers), Jack van Poortvliet (Leicester Tigers).
