Steve Borthwick has named his 35-man England squad that may put together to tackle Argentina this Sunday at Twickenham’s Allianz Stadium, with three members of the squad that triumphed over the All Blacks on the weekend absent.
Jamie George, Ollie Lawrence and Tom Roebuck – all starters within the 33-19 win over the All Blacks – haven’t been included within the squad for England’s ultimate match of the Quilter Nations Sequence.
British and Irish Lion Luke Cowan-Dickie is prone to begin in George’s place, with Jamie Blamire and Theo Dan each included within the squad to vie for a spot within the matchday 23 in opposition to the Pumas.
After hobbling from the sector within the ultimate minutes of the win, try-scorer and participant of the match contender Lawrence has did not get well and has missed out, with Henry Slade, Max Ojomoh and Elliot Daly – all of whom haven’t featured this autumn – all contenders to put on the No.13 jersey.
Borthwick’s choice to pick loads of wingers in his preliminary squad is paying off, with one other try-scorer in opposition to the All Blacks, Roebuck, lacking out. The Sale Sharks star missed the victory over Fiji with an ankle damage, and now joins Tommy Freeman on the sidelines, who continues to get well from a hamstring damage.
Henry Arundell, Cadan Murley and the uncapped Noah Caluori present choices for Borthwick out broad. Although Arundell has already featured for England this November, in opposition to Fiji from the bench, Saracens’ Caluori poses the aerial menace that Roebuck introduced and has been the inspiration of England’s success.
England have been boosted by full-back Freddie Steward’s availability after the full-back was compelled from the sector after 20 minutes in opposition to Scott Robertson’s facet with a head damage.
England squad
Forwards
Fin Baxter (Harlequins)
Jamie Blamire (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)
Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby)
Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears)
Joe Heyes (Leicester Tigers)
Maro Itoje (Saracens)
Nick Isiekwe (Saracens)
Jack Kenningham (Harlequins)
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)
Noah Caluori (Saracens)
Elliot Daly (Saracens)
Fraser Dingwall (Northampton Saints)
Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (Exeter Chiefs)
George Ford (Sale Sharks)
Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints)
Cadan Murley (Harlequins)
Max Ojomoh (Bathtub Rugby)
Raffi Quirke (Sale Sharks)
Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs)
Fin Smith (Northampton Saints)
Marcus Smith (Harlequins)
Ben Spencer (Bathtub Rugby)
Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers)
