Nasce l’Inghilterra per il Sudafrica: 42 convocati, si rivedono Haskell e Care

Il ct inglese Stuart Lancaster ha convocato un gruppone di 42 giocatori per iniziare la preparazione che porterà l’Inghilterra a giocare a giugno tre volte contro il Sudafrica (a  Durban il 9 giugno, il 16 a Johannesburg e il 23 a Port Elizabeth) e due volte contro i SA Barbarians: quelli del sud a Kimberley (13 giugno) e quelli del nord a Potchefstroom (19 giugno).
Richiamati Danny Care, Ugo Monye e James Haskell. Tredici invece i debuttanti assoluti

Forwards (23)
Mouritz Botha (Saracens)
Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers)
Alex Corbisiero (London Irish)
Paul Doran Jones (Northampton Saints)
Phil Dowson (Northampton Saints)
Carl Fearns (Bath Rugby)
Joe Gray (Harlequins)
Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints)
James Haskell (Otago Highlanders)
Tom Johnson (Exeter Chiefs)
Graham Kitchener (Leicester Tigers)
Joe Launchbury (London Wasps)
Joe Marler (Harlequins)
Lee Mears (Bath Rugby)
Ben Morgan (Scarlets)
Matt Mullan (Worcester Warriors)
Tom Palmer (Stade Francais)
Geoff Parling (Leicester Tigers)
Chris Robshaw (capt, Harlequins)
George Robson (Harlequins)
Matt Stevens (Saracens)
Thomas Waldrom (Leicester Tigers)
Tom Youngs (Leicester Tigers)

Backs (19)
Anthony Allen (Leicester Tigers)
Chris Ashton (Northampton Saints)
Brad Barritt (Saracens)
Mike Brown (Harlequins)
Danny Care (Harlequins)
Lee Dickson (Northampton Saints)
Owen Farrell (Saracens)
Toby Flood (Leicester Tigers)
Ben Foden (Northampton Saints)
Alex Goode (Saracens)
Charlie Hodgson (Saracens)
Jonathan Joseph (London Irish)
George Lowe (Harlequins)
Ugo Monye (Harlequins)
David Strettle (Saracens)
Manu Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers)
Jordan Turner-Hall (Harlequins)
Christian Wade (London Wasps)
Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers)

Infortunati: Chris Brooker, Stuart Hooper, Calum Clark, Tom Croft, Louis Deacon, Courtney Lawes, Charlie Sharples, Joe Simpson, Henry Thomas, Rob Webber, David Wilson, Tom Wood, Nick Wood