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May and Wood return as Jones calls for ‘resilient’ autumn

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Eddie Jones insists his England side will need to be at their resilient best after recalling Jonny May and Tom Wood in his 33-man squad for the autumn internationals.

Eddie Jones insists his England side will need to be at their resilient best after recalling Jonny May and Tom Wood in his 33-man squad for the autumn internationals.

England are the defending RBS 6 Nations and Grand Slam champions and are yet to lose a game with Jones at the helm.

But with ten players unavailable through injury, the Australian head coach has been forced to name six uncapped players in the squad for the autumn clashes with South Africa, Fiji, Argentina and Australia.

There are also recalls for Gloucester winger May – who has been on the sidelines for ten months with a knee injury – and Northampton back-row forward Wood – who is called up by Jones for the first time since the head coach took charge.

The six uncapped players are tight-head prop Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins), back-rower Nathan Hughes (Wasps) and second-row Charlie Ewels (Bath) in the forwards.

Mike Haley (Sale), fly–half Alex Lozowski (Saracens) and centre Ben Te’o (Worcester) are included in the backs.

“With a number of influential players missing through injury we have two weeks to prepare a robust and resilient team to meet the challenges set for us in the Old Mutual Wealth Series.” said England head coach Jones.

“Our training camp in Portugal is a great opportunity to spend a week together, focus on putting our game plans in place and for new players to understand the England way.

“We’re looking forward to being back in front of a passionate Twickenham crowd and I’m confident we can prepare well and put together a matchday 23 which is full of pride, energy and commitment to give South Africa the game of their lives.”    33-man squad for Old Mutual Wealth Series Forwards: Dave Attwood (Bath Rugby) *injury replacement for George Kruis (Saracens) Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers) Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby) Ellis Genge (Leicester Tigers) Jamie George (Saracens) Teimana Harrison (Northampton Saints) *injury replacement for James Haskell (Wasps) Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints) Nathan Hughes (Wasps) Joe Launchbury (Wasps) Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints) Joe Marler (Harlequins)  Ben Morgan (Gloucester Rugby) *injury replacement for Jack Clifford (Harlequins)  Chris Robshaw (Harlequins) Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins) Tommy Taylor (Wasps) Billy Vunipola (Saracens)  Mako Vunipola (Saracens)  Tom Wood (Northampton Saints) *injury replacement for Mike Williams (Leicester Tigers)

Backs: Mike Brown (Harlequins)  Danny Care (Harlequins)  Elliot Daly (Wasps) Owen Farrell (Saracens)  George Ford (Bath Rugby)  Alex Goode (Saracens)  Mike Haley (Sale Sharks) Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby) Alex Lozowski (Saracens) Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby) Semesa Rokoduguni (Bath Rugby) Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs) Ben Te’o (Worcester Warriors) Marland Yarde (Harlequins) *injury replacement for Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby) Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers)