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England Head Coach Eddie Jones has named a 33-man roster for the November Internationals. England will play at home against South Africa, Fiji, Argentina, and Australia. All four matches will be played at London’s Twickenham Stadium.
Jones has been forced into making some changes from his strongest possible roster. Missing to injury are Jack Clifford, Luke Cowan-Dickie, James Haskell, Maro Itoje, Sam Jones, George Kruis, Jack Nowell, Manu Tuilagi, Anthony Watson, and Mike Williams.
Without these ten players Jones has called-up six uncapped players. They are tighthead prop Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins), lock Charlie Ewels (Bath), back row Nathan Hughes (Wasps), flyhalf Alex Lozowski (Saracens), midfielder Ben Te’o (Worcester Warriors), and fullback Mike Haley (Sale Sharks).
Hughes and Te’o are the latest players included who moved to England as adults. Neither came through the national system. They are from Fiji and New Zealand respectively. Te’o previously played rugby league for Samoa, while Hughes played for the Fiji Warriors in the 2013 Pacific Rugby Cup.
There is also room for a player from the Americas. St. Lucia native Marland Yarde joins Jonny May and Semesa Rokoduguni as the flyers selected by Jones.
FORWARDS
Dan Cole (Leicester TIgers), Ellis Genge (Leicester Tigers), Joe Marler (Harlequins), Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins), Mako Vunipola (Saracens), Jamie George (Saracens), Dylan Hartley (capt., Northampton Saints), Tom Taylor (Wasps), Dave Attwood (Bath), Charlie Ewels (Bath), Joe Launchbury (Wasps), Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints), Teimana Harrison (Northampton Saints), Nathan Hughes (Wasps), Ben Morgan (Gloucester), Chris Robshaw (Harlequins), Billy Vunipola (Saracens), Tom Wood (Northampton Saints)
BACKS
Danny Care (Harlequins), Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers), Owen Farrell (Saracens), George Ford (Bath), Alex Lozowski (Saracens), Elliot Daly (Wasps), Jonathan Joseph (Bath), Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs), Ben Te’o (Worcester Warriors), Jonny May (Gloucester), Semesa Rokoduguni (Bath), Marland Yarde (Harlequins), Mike Brown (Harlequins), Alex Goode (Saracens), Mike Haley (Sale Sharks)
FIXTURES
Nov 12 – vs South Africa – Twickenham, London
Nov 19 – vs Fiji – Twickenham, London
Nov 26 – vs Argentina – Twickenham, London
Dec 3 – vs Australia – Twickenham, London
