Il gruppone verrà tra pochi mesi diviso in due: da una parte la nazionale maggiore, dall’altra i Saxons
ph. Sebastiano Pessina
Operazione RWC 2015 ufficialmente iniziata. Coach Suart Lancaster ha convocato 55 giocatori per una quattro di giorni di allenamenti a Loughborough. prima volta nel gruppo inglese per la terza linea Saracens Jackson Wray, mentre Anthony Allen, Alex Corbisiero, Tom Croft. George Ford, Mako Vunipola e Christian Wade tornano nel gruppo dopo infortuni vari. In novembre poi Lancaster dividerà il gruppo in due: 33 per l’Inghilterra e 32 per i Saxons. Ecco la lista.
England training squad:
Avanti: Alex Corbisiero (Northampton Saints), Joe Marler (Harlequins), Matt Mullan (Wasps), Mako Vunipola (Saracens), Kieran Brookes (Newcastle Falcons), Henry Thomas (Bath), David Wilson (Bath), Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs), Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints), Rob Webber (Bath), Tom Youngs (Leicester Tigers), Dave Attwood (Bath), Joe Launchbury (Wasps), Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints), Geoff Parling (Leicester Tigers), Ed Slater (Leicester Tigers), Calum Clark (Northampton Saints), Tom Croft (Leicester Tigers), Will Fraser (Saracens), James Haskell (Wasps), Tom Johnson (Exeter Chiefs), Matt Kvesic (Gloucester), Ben Morgan (Gloucester), Chris Robshaw (Harlequins), Billy Vunipola (Saracens), Tom Wood (Northampton Saints), Jackson Wray (Saracens).
Trequarti: Danny Care (Harlequins), Lee Dickson (Northampton Saints), Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens), Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers), Freddie Burns (Leicester Tigers), Danny Cipriani (Sale Sharks), Owen Farrell (Saracens), George Ford (Bath), Stephen Myler (Northampton Saints), Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs), Anthony Allen (Leicester Tigers), Brad Barritt (Saracens), Luther Burrell (Northampton Saints), Kyle Eastmond (Bath), Jonathan Joseph (Bath), Henry Trinder (Gloucester), Manusamoa Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers), Billy Twelvetrees (Gloucester), Chris Ashton (Saracens), Mike Brown (Harlequins) Ben Foden (Northampton Saints), Alex Goode (Saracens), Jonny May (Gloucester), Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs), Chris Pennell (Worcester Warriors), Marland Yarde (Harlequins), Christian Wade (Wasps), Anthony Watson (Bath).
Indisponibili per infortunio:
Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers), Sam Dickinson (Northampton Saints), Ollie Devoto (Bath).
