Nowell retained by England

Exeter Chiefs back Jack Nowell is one of 26 players who have been retained by England ahead of Sunday’s RBS 6 Nations match against Ireland.

Nowell, who has five international caps to his name, is hoping for a recall into Stuart Lancaster’s side following some notable display for his club side in recent weeks.

The squad will train on Wednesday before re-assembling at Pennyhill Park on Thursday evening and flying to Dublin on Friday.

England Head Coach Lancaster said: “Preparation has gone well and we’ve had a good build up so far. The guys who played against Wales and Italy did really well and the good thing is that others who are now fit and training are pushing hard for selection.  We’ve had to make some tough decisions but it’s a good position to be in and those players going back to their clubs have another big weekend ahead to lay down a marker for later in the tournament.

“Chris Pennell is in camp for the first time since last summer so we are taking this opportunity for him to spend some additional time with us as Worcester have no Greene King IPA Championship game this weekend.”

Kieran Brookes (Newcastle Falcons) pulled up in training with a hip flexor strain so Henry Thomas (Bath Rugby) has been called in for training tomorrow. Mike Brown (Harlequins) successfully completed a running session today and should be able to take part in non-contact training with the squad tomorrow.

Forwards

Dave Attwood (Bath Rugby)

Kieran Brookes (Newcastle Falcons)

Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers)

Tom Croft (Leicester Tigers)

Nick Easter (Harlequins)

Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints)

James Haskell (Wasps)

George Kruis (Saracens)

Joe Marler (Harlequins)

Chris Robshaw (captain, Harlequins)

Henry Thomas (Bath Rugby)

Billy Vunipola (Saracens)

Mako Vunipola (Saracens)

Tom Youngs (Leicester Tigers)

 

Backs

Mike Brown (Harlequins)

Luther Burrell (Northampton Saints)

Danny Cipriani (Sale Sharks)

George Ford (Bath Rugby)

Alex Goode (Saracens)

Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby)

Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs) 

Chris Pennell (Worcester Warriors)

Billy Twelvetrees (Gloucester Rugby)

Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby)

Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens)

Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers)

 

Retained in camp for recovery

Manusamoa Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers)

 

Players released to Aviva Premiership clubs

Brad Barritt (Saracens)

Danny Care (Harlequins)

Calum Clark (Northampton Saints)

Alex Corbisiero (Northampton Saints)

Kyle Eastmond (Bath Rugby)

Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints)

Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby)

Geoff Parling (Leicester Tigers)

Rob Webber (Bath Rugby)

Tom Wood  (Northampton Saints)