Tom Lockett has joined up with England’s squad for the second round of the Quilter Nations Series, taking Northampton Saints’ contingent in the set-up to seven.
The inclusion marks a second senior involvement for the 23-year-old lock, after Lockett featured well for England A back in May and earned himself a call into a senior training squad a month later.
Lockett links up with the 36-man squad at Pennyhill Park on Sunday, and joins fellow Saints Alex Coles, Fraser Dingwall, Tommy Freeman, Alex Mitchell, Henry Pollock and Fin Smith in camp – all six of whom featured in England’s victory over Australia last weekend.
That 25-7 win saw Saintsmen Pollock and Mitchell both cross the whitewash and opened England’s account in this season’s Autumn competition, with the side now preparing to take on Fiji in Round 2 as England return to Allianz Stadium, Twickenham on Saturday 8 November (kick-off: 5.40pm).
England squad for Fiji Test week
Forwards
Fin Baxter (Harlequins)
Ollie Chessum (Leicester Tigers)
Alex Coles (Northampton Saints)
Luke Cowan-Dickie (Sale Sharks)
Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins)
Tom Curry (Sale Sharks)
Theo Dan (Saracens)
Ben Earl (Saracens)
Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears)
Jamie George (Saracens)
Joe Heyes (Leicester Tigers)
Maro Itoje (Saracens)
Nick Isiekwe (Saracens)
Jack Kenningham (Harlequins)
Tom Lockett (Northampton Saints)
Beno Obano (Bath Rugby)
Asher Opoku-Fordjour (Sale Sharks)
Guy Pepper (Bath Rugby)
Henry Pollock (Northampton Saints)
Will Stuart (Bath Rugby)
Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby)
Backs
Henry Arundell (Bath Rugby)
Fraser Dingwall (Northampton Saints)
Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (Exeter Chiefs)
George Ford (Sale Sharks)
Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints)
Ollie Lawrence (Bath Rugby)
Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints)
Cadan Murley (Harlequins)
Raffi Quirke (Sale Sharks)
Tom Roebuck (Sale Sharks)
Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs)
Fin Smith (Northampton Saints)
Marcus Smith (Harlequins)
Ben Spencer (Bath Rugby)
Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers)
Rehabilitation: Elliot Daly (Saracens), George Martin (Leicester Tigers), Jack van Poortvliet (Leicester Tigers).