Northampton Saints will send a nine-player contingent into England camp this week, as Steve Borthwick names a group of 42 players for his three-day training camp.
Archie McParland heads into a first senior camp after his stellar performance in Saints’ record-breaking 94-33 win over Bristol Bears sealed him the Player of the Match award and bagged Northampton a place in the Gallagher PREM play-offs with two matches to spare.
The 21-year-old joins fellow Saints scrum-half Alex Mitchell in the training squad, with Fraser Dingwall, Tommy Freeman, George Furbank and Fin Smith all also heading into camp amongst the backs.
Alex Coles – who made his return from injury in Saints’ resounding defeat of Bristol – heads back into the England set-up this week, alongside prop Emmanuel Iyogun and back row Henry Pollock.
The squad assembles this (Monday) afternoon at England’s Performance Centre at Pennyhill Park.
Borthwick’s side begin their Nations Championship campaign against South Africa in Johannesburg on Saturday 4 July, followed by matches against Fiji and Argentina. All matches will be broadcast live on ITV Sport.
ENGLAND SQUAD NAMED FOR TRAINING CAMP
Forwards:
Jamie Blamire (Leicester Tigers)
Ollie Chessum (Leicester Tigers)
Arthur Clark (Gloucester Rugby)
Alex Coles (Northampton Saints)
Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins)
Tom Curry (Sale Sharks)
Theo Dan (Saracens)
Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins)
Ben Earl (Saracens)
Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears)
Jamie George (Saracens)
Joe Heyes (Leicester Tigers)
Nick Isiekwe (Saracens)
Maro Itoje (Saracens)
Emmanuel Iyogun (Northampton Saints)
George Martin (Leicester Tigers)
Beno Obano (Bath Rugby)
Asher Opoku-Fordjour (Sale Sharks)
Guy Pepper (Bath Rugby)
Henry Pollock (Northampton Saints)
Vilikesa Sela (Bath Rugby)
Kepu Tuipulotu (Bath Rugby)
Backs:
Seb Atkinson (Gloucester Rugby)
Charlie Bracken (Saracens)
Noah Caluori (Saracens)
Fraser Dingwall (Northampton Saints)
Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (Exeter Chiefs)
George Ford (Sale Sharks)
Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints)
George Furbank (Northampton Saints)
Benhard Janse van Rensburg (Bristol Bears)
Archie McParland (Northampton Saints)
Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints)
Cadan Murley (Harlequins)
Adam Radwan (Leicester Tigers)
Tom Roebuck (Sale Sharks)
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: Luke Cowan-Dickie (Sale Sharks)