England Rugby head coach Steve Borthwick has named six Sharks in a 33-player training squad in preparation for the England XV v France XV match on Friday 19 June (kick-off 5.15pm BST).
Tom Curry, Asher Opoku-Fordjour, George Ford, Raffi Quirke and Tom Roebuck are all in contention to face France at Stade de la Rabine in Vannes while Luke Cowan-Dickie will join up with the squad to continue his rehab from a broken arm.
The squad, which does not include players involved in the PREM Final, assembles this morning (Monday 15 June) and will train at England’s Performance Centre at Pennyhill Park until Thursday before departing for France.
Following the match in Vannes, England begin their Nations Championship campaign taking on 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:
Jamie Blamire (Leicester Tigers)
Ollie Chessum (Leicester Tigers)
Tom Curry (Sale Sharks)
Theo Dan (Saracens)
Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins)
Ben Earl (Saracens)
Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby)
Jamie George (Saracens)
Joe Heyes (Leicester Tigers)
Ted Hill (Bath Rugby)
Nick Isiekwe (Saracens)
Jack Kenningham (Harlequins)
George Kloska (Bristol Bears)
George Martin (Leicester Tigers)
Beno Obano (Bath Rugby)
Asher Opoku-Fordjour (Sale Sharks)
Vilikesa Sela (Bath Rugby)
Hugh Tizard (Saracens)
Archie van der Flier (Leicester Tigers)
Backs:
Charlie Atkinson (Gloucester Rugby)
Seb Atkinson (Gloucester Rugby)
Noah Caluori (Saracens)
George Ford (Sale Sharks)
Benhard Janse van Rensburg (Bristol Bears)
Cadan Murley (Harlequins)
Max Ojomoh (Bath Rugby)
Raffi Quirke (Sale Sharks)
Adam Radwan (Leicester Tigers)
Harry Randall (Bristol Bears)
Tom Roebuck (Sale Sharks)
Marcus Smith (Harlequins)
Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers)
Jack van Poortvliet (Leicester Tigers)
Rehabilitation: Arthur Clark (Gloucester Rugby), Luke Cowan-Dickie (Sale Sharks), Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears), Guy Pepper (Bath Rugby).
