{"id":560874,"date":"2025-11-10T06:24:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T06:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/560874\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T06:24:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T06:24:11","slug":"lion-back-in-as-steve-borthwick-cuts-rookie-from-england-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/560874\/","title":{"rendered":"Lion back in as Steve Borthwick cuts rookie from England squad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Elliot Daly has returned to the England<\/a> fold as Steve Borthwick<\/a> named his latest training squad ahead of next weekend\u2019s Test against New Zealand<\/a> at Allianz Stadium.<\/p>\n

Borthwick has added Daly and Bath<\/a> centre Max Ojomoh<\/a>, while Northampton<\/a> lock Tom Lockett<\/a> drops out.<\/p>\n

The rehab group has also been reduced, with only Charlie Ewels<\/a> still on the sidelines.<\/p>\n

British & Irish Lion star Daly was sidelined last week but now rejoins the group after England extended their unbeaten run to nine matches with a 38-18 win over Fiji<\/a> at Twickenham.<\/p>\n

Bath wing Henry Arundell<\/a> delivered the decisive moment with a blistering 69th-minute finish to kill off a spirited Fijian challenge, sealing a result that keeps England\u2019s perfect autumn intact. It was the 23-year-old\u2019s first appearance since the 2023 World Cup, with his brief spell at Racing 92<\/a> having ruled him out of the Six Nations<\/a> earlier this year.<\/p>\n

England now face the daunting challenge of the All Blacks<\/a>, who are coming off victories over Scotland<\/a> and Ireland.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe look forward to it. Can\u2019t wait. I love playing against the best in the world,\u201d said loosehead Ellis Genge. \u201cIt will be a battle of attrition. In years gone by they\u2019ve been known for chucking the ball about but they\u2019ve got some big physical lumps in there now, so we\u2019ll relish that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Forwards<\/strong>
Fin Baxter (Harlequins)
Ollie Chessum (Leicester<\/a> Tigers)
Alex Coles (Northampton Saints)
Luke Cowan-Dickie (Sale<\/a> Sharks)
Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins)
Tom Curry (Sale Sharks)
Theo Dan (Saracens)
Ben Earl (Saracens)
Ellis Genge (Bristol<\/a> Bears)
Jamie George (Saracens)
Joe Heyes (Leicester Tigers)
Maro Itoje (Saracens)
Nick Isiekwe (Saracens)
Jack Kenningham (Harlequins)
Beno Obano (Bath Rugby)
Asher Opoku-Fordjour (Sale Sharks)
Guy Pepper (Bath Rugby)
Henry Pollock (Northampton Saints)
Will Stuart (Bath Rugby)
Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby)<\/p>\n

Backs<\/strong>
Henry Arundell (Bath Rugby)
Elliot Daly (Saracens)
Fraser Dingwall (Northampton Saints)
Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (Exeter Chiefs)
George Ford (Sale Sharks)
Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints)
Ollie Lawrence (Bath Rugby)
Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints)
Cadan Murley (Harlequins)
Max Ojomoh (Bath Rugby)
Raffi Quirke (Sale Sharks)
Tom Roebuck (Sale Sharks)
Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs)
Fin Smith (Northampton Saints)
Marcus Smith (Harlequins)
Ben Spencer (Bath Rugby)
Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers)<\/p>\n

Rehabilitation:<\/strong> Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Elliot Daly has returned to the England fold as Steve Borthwick named his latest training squad ahead of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":560875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4102],"tags":[4151,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-560874","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}