Tante le novità: non ci sono Mike Tindall, Mark Cueto, Nick Easter, Shontayne Hape e Riki Flutey, Si sono invece ritirati dalla Nazionale Jonny Wilkinson, Lewis Moody e Steve Thompson. Assenti giustificati per infortunio Andrew Sheridan e Richard Wigglesworth.
Non è stato chiamato Danny Cipriani.
Quindici invece i nomi nuovi: Brad Barritt, Owen Farrell, Lee Dickson, Ben Morgan e Calum Clark sono alla prima chiamata in assoluto.
Questo l’elenco completo
Forwards (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).
Backs (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).