KILLICK CUP CALL UP FOR BURNS AND THOMAS
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- Created on Wednesday, 16 May 2012 07:34
- Last Updated on Friday, 21 September 2012 07:47
- Published on Tuesday, 15 May 2012 07:34
Exeter Chiefs scrum half Haydn Thomas has been added to Stuart Lancaster’s England squad for the Killik Cup clash against the Barbarians at Twickenham Stadium on Sunday May 27 (1430).
Thomas, 29, and Gloucester Rugby’s Bath-born fly half Freddie Burns, 21, get their chance as players from Aviva Premiership finalists Leicester and Harlequins are unavailable.
London Irish forward Jamie Gibson and Saracens’ utility back Richard Wigglesworth are also added to the squad.
England head coach Lancaster said: “We will obviously be without the Leicester and Harlequins players but this is a great opportunity for the rest of the squad - as well as Freddie, Jamie, Richard and Haydn - to put a marker down before we leave for the tour (to South Africa next month).”
Gloucestershire’s Bristol-born Scarlets number eight Ben Morgan, Exeter’s Tom Johnson and Bath duo Lee Mears, from Devon, and Carl Fearns – already included in England’s tour squad – are included in the 27 for May 27.
Forwards
Mouritz Botha (Saracens)
Alex Corbisiero (London Irish)
Paul Doran Jones (Northampton Saints)
Phil Dowson (Northampton Saints)
Carl Fearns (Bath Rugby)
Jamie Gibson (London Irish)
Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints)
Tom Johnson (Exeter Chiefs)
Joe Launchbury (London Wasps)
Lee Mears (Bath Rugby)
Ben Morgan (Scarlets)
Matt Mullan (Worcester Warriors)
Tom Palmer (Stade Francais)
Matt Stevens (Saracens)
Backs
Chris Ashton (Northampton Saints)
Brad Barritt (Saracens)
Freddie Burns (Gloucester Rugby)
Lee Dickson (Northampton Saints)
Owen Farrell (Saracens)
Ben Foden (Northampton Saints)
Alex Goode (Saracens)
Charlie Hodgson (Saracens)
Jonathan Joseph (London Irish)
David Strettle (Saracens)
Haydn Thomas (Exeter Chiefs)
Christian Wade (London Wasps)
Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens)
• Pass master: HaydnThomas keeps his eye on the ball in training (phil mingo at pinnacle)
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