England Squad 2026

[TRF_Olyy]

Forwards: Ollie Chessum (Leicester Tigers), Arthur Clark (Gloucester Rugby), Alex Coles (Northampton Saints), Luke Cowan-Dickie (Sale Sharks), Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins), Tom Curry (Sale Sharks), Theo Dan (Saracens), Trevor Davison (Northampton Saints), Ben Earl (Saracens), Greg Fisilau (Exeter Chiefs), Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears), Jamie George (Saracens), Joe Heyes (Leicester Tigers), Maro Itoje (Saracens), Emmanuel Iyogun (Northampton Saints), Guy Pepper (Bath), Henry Pollock (Northampton Saints), Bevan Rodd (Sale Sharks), Vilikesa Sela (Bath), Sam Underhill (Bath).

Backs: Henry Arundell (Bath), Seb Atkinson (Gloucester Rugby), Elliot Daly (Saracens), Fraser Dingwall (Northampton Saints), Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (Exeter Chiefs), George Ford (Sale Sharks), Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints), George Furbank (Northampton Saints), Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints), Cadan Murley (Harlequins), Max Ojomoh (Bath), Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs), Marcus Smith (Harlequins), Ben Spencer (Bath), Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers), Jack van Poortvliet (Leicester Tigers).

Rehabilitation in Girona: Fin Baxter (Harlequins), Ben Curry (Sale Sharks), Ollie Lawrence (Bath), Tom Roebuck (Sale Sharks), Fin Smith (Northampton Saints).

Not considered for selection: Oscar Beard (Harlequins), Charlie Ewels (Bath), Curtis Langdon (Northampton Saints), George Martin (Leicester Tigers), Asher Opoku-Fordjour (Sale Sharks), Adam Radwan (Leicester Tigers), Will Stuart (Bath).

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

Not many surprises, but Dan is disappointing.

 

[Rugbyfan564]

The BBC are saying all of the rehabilitation players are still in contention for the Wales match and none are 100% ruled out of that match.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Does that mean Radwan would’ve been called up? If so gutted for him

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Steward and Furbank back at just the right time to make sure Carpenter doesn't get a look in

Would've liked to have seen Bamber but c'est la vie

Good selection of props

Shame Dan is still there

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

If they select it wisely could be a hell of a A team

 

[OllyM97]

Annoyingly I can’t see anything to really moan about there!!. Hopefully a few of the players that are rehabbing at the moment are fit for the Wales game.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Annoyingly I can’t see anything to really moan about there!!.

When in doubt: remember Theo Dan's defensive efforts

 

[NickBD]

Dan selection the biggest issue and minor complaints Murley in over Hendy/Carpenter I can’t complain at that squad. We’re talking 3rd choices so not too annoying.

 

[MarkyH]

Gone from having no ICs to 3 of them. Fantastic. Hoping vs Wales its an Ojomoh Lawrence midfield.

 

[MarkyH]

In positions (ish). Including players in rehab who are in with a chance to play Vs Wales on MD1

1 Genge, Baxter, Iyogen, Rodd
2 George, LCD, Dan
3 Heyes, Sela, Davison, Opoku-Fordjour
4/5 Itoje, Chessum, Coles, Clark
6/7 Pepper, Curry, Curry, Underhill, CCS
8 Earl, Fisalau, Pollock

9 Mitchell, Spencer, JVP
10 Ford, Smith, Smith
11/14 Feyi-Waboso, Freeman, Roebuck, Murley, Arundell
12/13 Ojomoh, Lawrence, Atkinson, Slade, Dingwall
15 Steward, Daly, Furbank

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Not too many complaints really. I don't think Dan merits his position based on his form but that's all that really stands out to me.

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

Really like the squad. Will be interesting to see the team that gets selected from that group and how the bench operates.

Oh and the gameplan. Really interested in what style he goes with.

6 nations champions right there!

 

[Saintjay]

For all the moaning about injuries. It's not bad at all.

Now can we get the right tactics for the players available. Over to you SB.

 

[Reiser99]

Same, happy except for Dan. Still worried something quickly happens to George and LCD and suddenly we're in trouble.

 

[BPM]

If they select it wisely could be a hell of a A team

I thought the same. Apparently we have an A game vs. Ireland on Friday 6th at Thomond Park.

 

[TommiG88]

Like the squad, will see how the team works out in 2 weeks

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

Yeah I really like that squad apart from Dan over Oghre.

Would love to see a Ford-Ojomoh-Freeman midfield. Could be very tasty.

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

I hope SB’s got a clearer idea of selection than me.

While Fra could be a big showdown I actually think our season stands or falls on how we go v Ire and, especially Sco. As Barnes rightly (!) said today big teams just don’t lose to them.

With our injuries we really have to keep Genge and Heyes as fresh and fit as possible. I wouldn’t put it past SB to either rest them at various times or pull a 20 minute substitution or something. Genge getting hurt when 50-0 up against Wales would be criminal.

Lord alone knows what he’s going to do with the back row and bench. Too many options isn’t always helpful (you don’t want to see me scratching my head at the 17 different varieties of mushrooms in Sainsbury’s) but if he’s going to persist with 6:2 he may go for a shed load of versatility in the backs. Perhaps even as far as (starting shirt number first):

Ojomoh 12 & 10
Lawrence 13 & 12
Freeman 14, 13 and arguably 15. Yes I know he wants 13.
Furbank 15 and 10

On bench a SH and then probably Daly to add even more options although l’d be tempted by the raw threat of Arundell