Five Chiefs Named in England Summer Training Squad

Five Exeter Chiefs players have been named in the England Rugby training squad ahead of the summer tour.

Steve Borthwick has named a19-playertrainingsquad to begin preparations for the forthcoming Summer Series against Japan and New Zealand.

The squad – which does not include players involved in the Gallagher Premiership play-offs – will assemble at the Honda England Rugby Performance Centre at Pennyhill Park on Monday 27 May for a four-day training camp.

England’s Summer Series begins on Saturday 22 June with a Test match against Japan in Tokyo before embarking on a two-Test tour of New Zealand to take on the All Blacks in Dunedin on Saturday 6 July and in Auckland on Saturday 13 July.

Forwards:

Fin Baxter (Harlequins)

Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins)

Alex Dombrandt(Harlequins)

Joe Heyes(Leicester Tigers)

George Martin (Leicester Tigers)

Gabriel Oghre(Bristol Bears)

Guy Pepper (Newcastle Falcons)

Backs:

Charlie Atkinson (Gloucester Rugby)

Max Malins (Bristol Bears)

Luke Northmore (Harlequins)

Harry Randall (Bristol Bears)

Marcus Smith (Harlequins)

Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers)

Jack van Poortvliet (Leicester Tigers)

England’s Summer Series: