Eight Northampton Saints players were included in the England squad that assembled at their Pennyhill Park training base today to prepare for the Round 5 Nations Championship Test match against Japan at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham, on Saturday 14 November (kick-off 4.40pm, live on ITV1).
Alex Coles, Fin Smith, Henry Pollock, Tommy Freeman – who all featured in the 45-22 victory over Australia on Sunday – were included, along with Emmanuel Iyogun, Tom Pearson, Archie McParland and Fraser Dingwall.
Forwards:
Fin Baxter (Harlequins)
Arthur Clark (Gloucester Rugby)
Alex Coles (Northampton Saints)
Luke Cowan-Dickie (Sale Sharks)
Ben Curry (Sale Sharks)
Theo Dan (Saracens)
Ben Earl (Saracens)
Greg Fisilau (Exeter Chiefs)
Jamie George (Saracens)
Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears)
Joe Heyes (Leicester Tigers)
Max Hicks (Newcastle Red Bulls)
Maro Itoje (Saracens)
Emmanuel Iyogun (Northampton Saints)
Jack Kenningham (Harlequins)
George Martin (Saracens)
Asher Opoku-Fordjour (Sale Sharks)
Tom Pearson (Northampton Saints)
Henry Pollock (Northampton Saints)
Will Stuart (Bath Rugby)
Backs:
Noah Caluori (Saracens)
Fraser Dingwall (Northampton Saints)
Tobias Elliott (Saracens)
George Ford (Sale Sharks)
Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints)
Will Joseph (Gloucester Rugby)
Joe Marchant (Sale Sharks)
Cadan Murley (Harlequins)
Archie McParland (Northampton Saints)
Max Ojomoh (Bath Rugby)
Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs)
Fin Smith (Northampton Saints)
Marcus Smith (Harlequins)
Ben Spencer (Bath Rugby)
Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers)
Jack van Poortvliet (Leicester Tigers)
Rehabilitation: Seb Atkinson (Gloucester Rugby), Ollie Chessum (Leicester Tigers), George Furbank (Harlequins)