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Lynagh and Mitchell added to 35-man England squad

Louis Lynagh 10/9/2021
Eddie Jones has added Louis Lynagh and Alex Mitchell to his England squad ahead of next weekend’s Autumn Nations Cup clash against Tonga at Twickenham.

Eddie Jones has added Louis Lynagh and Alex Mitchell to his England squad ahead of next weekend’s Autumn Nations Cup clash against Tonga at Twickenham.

Winger Lynagh has joins fellow Harlequins teammates Alex Dombrandt, Joe Marchant Joe Marler and Marcus Smith in the updated 35-player England squad.

Harry Randall has withdrawn with a hip flexor injury and is replaced by Northampton Saints scrum-half Mitchell.

England, who met up today at Pennyhill Park after spending the week training in Jersey, will play Tonga at Twickenham Stadium in their first match of the Autumn Nations Series on Saturday (3.15pm KO).

They will then host Australia the following weekend on Saturday 13 November (5.30pm KO) before facing world champions South Africa on Saturday 20 November (3.15pm KO).

FORWARDS

Jamie Blamire (Newcastle Falcons, 2 caps) Callum Chick (Newcastle Falcons, 2 caps) Tom Curry (Sale Sharks, 33 caps) Trevor Davison (Newcastle Falcons, 1 cap) Nic Dolly (Leicester Tigers, uncapped) Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins, 1 cap) Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby, 23 caps) Ellis Genge (Leicester Tigers, 30 caps) Jamie George (Saracens, 59 caps) Jonny Hill (Exeter Chiefs, 9 caps) Maro Itoje (Saracens, 48 caps) Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints, 87 caps) Lewis Ludlam (Northampton Saints, 10 caps) Joe Marler (Harlequins, 72 caps) George Martin (Leicester Tigers, 1 cap) Sam Simmonds (Exeter Chiefs, 7 caps) Kyle Sinckler (Bristol Bears, 44 caps) Will Stuart (Bath Rugby, 12 caps) Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby, 24 caps)

BACKS

Mark Atkinson (Gloucester Rugby, uncapped) Owen Farrell (Saracens, 93 caps) Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints, uncapped) George Furbank (Northampton Saints, 4 caps) Louis Lynagh (Harlequins, uncapped) Max Malins (Saracens, 8 caps) Joe Marchant (Harlequins, 6 caps) Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby, 66 caps) Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints, uncapped) Raffi Quirke (Sale Sharks, uncapped) Adam Radwan (Newcastle Falcons, 1 cap) Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs, 40 caps) Marcus Smith (Harlequins, 2 caps) Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers, 2 caps) Manu Tuilagi (Sale Sharks, 43 caps) Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 109 caps)