England Rugby head coach Steve Borthwick has named Nathan Jibulu and Raffi Quirke among seven Sharks in a 26-player squad for a three-day training camp in preparation for the England XV v France XV match on Friday 19 June at Stade de la Rabine in Vannes, and ahead of the inaugural Nations Championship.
Hooker Jibulu has yet to make his international debut but he’s rewarded for an impressive first season as a Shark with a call-up.
Tom Curry, Asher Opoku-Fordjour, Tom Roebuck and George Ford are also part of the squad while Luke Cowan-Dickie is named as one of three players undergoing rehabilitation.
The squad, which does not include players involved in the PREM semi-finals, assembled on Tuesday 9 June and will train at England’s Performance Centre at Pennyhill Park until Thursday.
England 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 training squad
Forwards:
Arthur Clark (Gloucester Rugby)
Tom Curry (Sale Sharks)
Theo Dan (Saracens)
Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins)
Ben Earl (Saracens)
Afolabi Fasogbon (Gloucester Rugby)
Jamie George (Saracens)
Will Hobson (Harlequins)
Nick Isiekwe (Saracens)
Nathan Jibulu (Sale Sharks)
Jack Kenningham (Harlequins)
George Kloska (Bristol Bears)
Asher Opoku-Fordjour (Sale Sharks)
Hugh Tizard (Saracens)
Backs:
Charlie Atkinson (Gloucester Rugby)
Seb Atkinson (Gloucester Rugby)
Noah Caluori (Saracens)
Tobias Elliott (Saracens)
George Ford (Sale Sharks)
Benhard Janse van Rensburg (Bristol Bears)
Cadan Murley (Harlequins)
Raffi Quirke (Sale Sharks)
Harry Randall (Bristol Bears)
Ben Redshaw (Gloucester Rugby)
Tom Roebuck (Sale Sharks)
Marcus Smith (Harlequins)
Rehabilitation: Luke Cowan-Dickie (Sale Sharks), Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (Exeter Chiefs), Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears).
