Rispetto al gruppo di luglio ci sono sette novità: Freddie Burns (Gloucester Rugby), i flankers Calum Clark (Northampton Saints) e James Haskell (London Wasps), la seconda Joe Launchbury (London Wasps), l'ala David Strettle (Saracens), il centro Billy Twelvetrees (Gloucester Rugby) e il tallonatore Tom Youngs (Leicester Tigers); quasi tutti i giocatori li abbiamo visti anche nel corso dei test di Novembre, per cui si può tranquillamente dire che grosse novità non ce ne sono, come d'altronde era lecito attendersi.
Questo l'elenco completo dei giocatori:
Avanti: Calum Clark (Northampton Saints), Alex Corbisiero (London Irish), Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers), Tom Croft (Leicester Tigers), Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints), James Haskell (London Wasps), Tom Johnson (Exeter Chiefs), Joe Launchbury (London Wasps), Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints), Joe Marler (Harlequins), Ben Morgan (Gloucester), Geoff Parling (Leicester Tigers), Chris Robshaw (Harlequins), Mako Vunipola (Saracens), Thomas Waldrom (Leicester Tigers), David Wilson (Bath), Tom Wood (Northampton Saints), Tom Youngs (Leicester Tigers).
Trequarti: Chris Ashton (Saracens), Brad Barritt (Saracens), Mike Brown (Harlequins), Freddie Burns (Gloucester), Danny Care (Harlequins), Lee Dickson (Northampton Saints), Owen Farrell (Saracens), Toby Flood (Leicester Tigers), Ben Foden (Northampton Saints), Alex Goode (Saracens), Jonathan Joseph (London Irish), David Strettle (Saracens), Manusamoa Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers), Billy Twelvetrees (Gloucester), Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers).
Contestualmente è stato annunciato anche il gruppo dei Saxons, la nazionale "A" inglese, questi sono i convocati:
Avanti: Mouritz Botha (Saracens) Nathan Catt (Bath Rugby) Louis Deacon (Leicester Tigers) Paul Doran Jones (Northampton Saints) Phil Dowson (Northampton Saints) Will Fraser (Saracens) Joe Gray (Harlequins) Graham Kitchener (Leicester Tigers) Shaun Knight (Gloucester Rugby) Matt Kvesic (Worcester Warriors) Matt Mullan (Worcester Warriors) David Paice (London Irish) Tom Palmer (London Wasps) George Robson (Harlequins) Ed Slater (Leicester Tigers) Henry Thomas (Sale Sharks) Billy Vunipola (London Wasps)
Trequarti: Nick Abendanon (Bath Rugby) Anthony Allen (Leicester Tigers) Tom Biggs (Bath Rugby) Elliot Daly (London Wasps) Kyle Eastmond (Bath Rugby) George Ford (Leicester Tigers) George Lowe (Harlequins) Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby) Ugo Monye (Harlequins) Joe Simpson (London Wasps) Charlie Sharples (Gloucester Rugby) Joel Tomkins (Saracens) Jordan Turner-Hall (Harlequins) Christian Wade (London Wasps) Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens)