Rugby World Cup: Ollie Hassell-Collins dropped from England training squad, Ben Youngs and Jack van Poortvliet come in
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Published 19/06/2023 at 11:26 GMT
The return of Northampton Saints and Leicester Tigers players to the England camp has signalled the end of Ollie Hassell-Collins’ time in the World Cup training squad. The wing, of London Irish, has been dropped from the second of three training squads ahead of the World Cup in September. Scrum-halves Ben Spencer and Harry Randall have also left the squad.
BAGSHOT, ENGLAND - JUNE 12: Ollie Hassell-Collins of England looks for space during a training session at Pennyhill Park on June 12, 2023 in Bagshot, England. (Photo by Dan Mullan - RFU/The RFU Collection via Getty Images)
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Wing Ollie Hassell-Collins has been axed from England’s World Cup training squad as Northampton Saints and Leicester Tigers players come back into the fold.
Northampton and Leicester both lost the Premiership semi-finals in mid-May and the return of their players has led to a shake-up in an expanded 38-man England squad.
Hassell-Collins, who made his debut in the Six Nations in February and featured in two of England's five games, has made way alongside scrum-halves Ben Spencer and Harry Randall.
Tigers' pair Ben Youngs and Jack van Poortvliet have both been included, as has Saints' Alex Mitchell.
It is the second of three squads to be selected by head coach Steve Borthwick before England embark on their four-Test summer series against Wales in August.
Borthwick's World Cup squad will be announced on August 7, just over a month before the tournament gets underway on September 8.
There are likely to be further changes when players from Saracens and Sale Sharks - who contested the Premiership final on May 27 - become available.
Ollie Lawrence and Jack Walker will remain with the squad despite nursing injuries from training last week, while Billy Vunipola, Ollie Chessum and Luke Cowan-Dickie also progress with their respective recoveries.
Full squad
Forwards: Jamie Blamire, Dan Cole, Alex Dombrandt, Tom Dunn, Charlie Ewels, Ellis Genge, Joe Heyes, Ted Hill, Courtney Lawes, Lewis Ludlam, Joe Marler, George Martin, Zach Mercer, Beno Obano, Tom Pearson, Val Rapava-Ruskin, David Ribbans, Kyle Sinckler, Will Stuart, Sam Underhill.
Backs: Henry Arundell, Danny Care, Joe Cokanasiga, Fraser Dingwall, Tommy Freeman, Will Joseph, Joe Marchant, Jonny May, Alex Mitchell, Cadan Murley, Guy Porter, Henry Slade, Fin Smith, Marcus Smith, Freddie Steward, Jack van Poortvliet, Anthony Watson, Ben Youngs.
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