Ci sono ben 15 cambiamenti rispetto alla World Cup 2011 e 5 atleti sono alla prima chiamata: Owen Farrell e Brad Barritt dei Saracens, Lee Dickson e Calum Clark di Northampton e Ben Morgan degli Scarlets.
Gli esclusi di lusso non possono che essere Cueto, Easter e Tindall assieme a Danny Care reo di essersi fatto beccare per ben due volte ubriaco al volante poco tempo fa.
Questo l'elenco completo dei giocatori:
Avanti (18) Mouritz Botha (Saracens), Calum Clark (Northampton Saints), Alex Corbisiero (London Irish), Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers), Tom Croft (Leicester Tigers), Louis Deacon (Leicester Tigers), Phil Dowson (Northampton Saints), Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints), Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints), Joe Marler (Harlequins), Lee Mears (Bath ), Ben Morgan (Scarlets), Tom Palmer (Stade Francais), Chris Robshaw (Harlequins), Matt Stevens (Saracens), Rob Webber (London Wasps), David Wilson (Bath ), Tom Wood (Northampton Saints).
Trequarti (14), Chris Ashton (Northampton Saints), Brad Barritt (Saracens), Mike Brown (Harlequins), Lee Dickson (Northampton Saints), Owen Farrell (Saracens), Toby Flood (Leicester Tigers), Ben Foden (Northampton Saints), Charlie Hodgson (Saracens), Joe Simpson (London Wasps), Charlie Sharples (Gloucester ), David Strettle (Saracens), Manusamoa Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers), Jordan Turner-Hall (Harlequins), Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers).