Inghilterra: sei cambi nella senior elite squad

I nomi nuovi voluti da Stuart Lancaster per l'elide inglese sono: la seconda David Attwood (Bath Rugby), il flanker Matt Kvesic (Gloucester Rugby), il numero 8 Billy Vunipola (Saracens), il centro Kyle Eastmond (Bath Rugby) e le ali Christian Wade (London Wasps) e Marland Yarde (London Irish).
A detta del selezionatore inglese la scelta non è stata facile come è stato alquanto difficile includere tra i 33 convocati quel Dylan Hartley che sta scontando una squalifica di 11 settimane in seguito all'episodio poco edificante che lo ha visto protagonista nella finale del campionato inglese.
Nel gruppo sono stati inseriti i 12 reduci dal vincente tour con i British & Irish Lions e 8 che hanno giocato nel recente tour in Sud America.
Questo l'elenco completo della squadra elite e dei Saxons:
Avanti: David Attwood (Bath Rugby) Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers) Alex Corbisiero (Northampton Saints) Tom Croft (Leicester Tigers) Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints) Matt Kvesic (Gloucester Rugby) Joe Launchbury (London Wasps) Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints) Joe Marler (Harlequins) Ben Morgan (Gloucester Rugby) Geoff Parling (Leicester Tigers) Chris Robshaw (Harlequins) Billy Vunipola (Saracens) Mako Vunipola (Saracens) David Wilson (Bath Rugby) Tom Wood (Northampton Saints) Tom Youngs (Leicester Tigers)
Trequarti: Chris Ashton (Saracens) Brad Barritt (Saracens) Mike Brown (Harlequins) Freddie Burns (Gloucester Rugby) Danny Care (Harlequins) Lee Dickson (Northampton Saints) Owen Farrell (Saracens) Toby Flood (Leicester Tigers) Ben Foden (Northampton Saints) Alex Goode (Saracens) Kyle Eastmond (Bath Rugby) Manusamoa Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers) Billy Twelvetrees (Gloucester Rugby) Christian Wade (London Wasps) Marland Yarde (London Irish) Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers)
England Saxons EPS
Avanti: Calum Clark (Northampton Saints) Jordan Crane (Leicester Tigers) Paul Doran Jones (Harlequins) Will Fraser (Saracens) James Haskell (London Wasps) Tom Johnson (Exeter Chiefs) Graham Kitchener (Leicester Tigers) George Kruis (Saracens) Kearnan Myall (London Wasps) David Paice (London Irish) George Robson (Harlequins) Ed Slater (Leicester Tigers) Henry Thomas (Sale Sharks) Thomas Waldrom (Leicester Tigers) Luke Wallace (Harlequins) Rob Webber (Bath Rugby) Nick Wood (Gloucester Rugby)
Trequarti: Anthony Allen (Leicester Tigers) Luther Burrell (Northampton Saints) Elliot Daly (London Wasps) George Ford (Bath Rugby) Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby) Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby) Ugo Monye (Harlequins) Stephen Myler (Northampton Saints) Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs) Charlie Sharples (Gloucester Rugby) Joe Simpson (London Wasps) David Strettle (Saracens) Mathew Tait (Leicester Tigers) Joel Tomkins (Saracens) Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens)