Five Chiefs get England call

By Mark Stevens
11/3/18

Five Exeter Chiefs players have tonight been named in a 32-man England squad to begin preparations for England’s final NatWest 6 Nations match against Ireland at Twickenham stadium next Saturday (2:45pm).

Don Armand and Henry Slade have both been called up by Eddie Jones, as have club-mates Luke Cowan-Dickie, Alec Hepburn and Sam Simmonds.

Cowan-Dickie and Simmonds both came off the bench during yesterday's defeat to France in Paris.

Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints) and Nathan Hughes (Wasps) will both have scans tomorrow after sustaining knee injuries in the French game.

Backs

Mike Brown (Harlequins)
Danny Care (Harlequins)
Elliot Daly (Wasps)
Nathan Earle (Saracens)
Owen Farrell (Saracens)
George Ford (Leicester Tigers)
Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby)
Alex Lozowski (Saracens)
Jonny May (Leicester Tigers)
Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs)
Marcus Smith (Harlequins) *
Denny Solomona (Sale Sharks)
Ben Te’o (Worcester Warriors)
Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby)
Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens)

Forwards

Don Armand (Exeter Chiefs)
Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers)
Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs)
Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby)
Jamie George (Saracens)
Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints)
James Haskell (Wasps)
Alec Hepburn (Exeter Chiefs)
Nick Isiekwe (Saracens)
Maro Itoje (Saracens)
George Kruis (Saracens)
Joe Launchbury (Wasps)
Joe Marler (Harlequins)
Chris Robshaw (Harlequins)
Sam Simmonds (Exeter Chiefs)
Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins)
Mako Vunipola (Saracens)

* Apprentice player