Nowell gets England call

By Mark Stevens

Exeter Chiefs wing Jack Nowell was one of 34 players tonight called up by England head coach Stuart Lancaster to prepare for Saturday’s upcoming QBE Autumn international against South Africa at Twickenham.

Cornishman Nowell was part of Lancaster's initial squad for the autumn international series, but was allowed to return to the Chiefs last Wednesday and was not involved in England's 24-21 defeat to New Zealand on Saturday.

Instead the Truro-born back, together with club-mate Henry Slade who also spent the early part of last week training at Pennyhill Park, featured for the Chiefs in their 18-6 LV= Cup victory over Bath Rugby at Sandy Park.

Meanwhile, Northampton Saints lock Courtney Lawes will undergo the Graduated Return To Play protocol overseen by the England medical team after suffering concussion during the first half of the loss to New Zealand.

Centre Luther Burrell and fly-half Stephen Myler will remain at Northampton Saints for continued treatment on hand and hamstring injuries respectively.

Lancaster said: “The players have had recovery today and we will review the match as a group tomorrow morning before moving on to preparing for South Africa.”

 

England squad versus South Africa: 

Loose-head props

Joe Marler (Harlequins)

Matt Mullan (Wasps)

 

Tight-head props

Kieran Brookes (Newcastle Falcons)

Henry Thomas (Bath Rugby)

David Wilson (Bath Rugby)

 

Hookers

Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints)

Rob Webber (Bath Rugby)

 

Locks

Dave Attwood (Bath Rugby)

Graham Kitchener (Leicester Tigers)

George Kruis (Saracens)

Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints)

 

Back rows

Calum Clark (Northampton Saints)

James Haskell (Wasps)

Ben Morgan (Gloucester Rugby)

Chris Robshaw (Harlequins, captain)

Billy Vunipola (Saracens)

Tom Wood (Northampton Saints)

 

Scrum-halves

Danny Care (Harlequins)

Lee Dickson (Northampton Saints)

Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers)

Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens)

 

Fly-halves

Owen Farrell (Saracens)

George Ford (Bath Rugby)

 

Centres

Brad Barritt (Saracens)

Kyle Eastmond (Bath Rugby)

Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby)

Billy Twelvetrees (Gloucester Rugby)

 

Back threes

Mike Brown (Harlequins)

Alex Goode (Saracens)

Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby)

Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs)

Semesa Rokoduguni (Bath Rugby)

Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby)

Marland Yarde (Harlequins)