England head coach Stuart Lancaster has added Dave Ewers, Henry Slade and Thomas Waldrom to the squad preparing for the 2014 Autumn Internationals.
The Exeter Chiefs trio come in as injury cover for James Haskell (Wasps), Luther Burrell (Northampton Saints) and Billy Vunipola (Saracens).
Burrell is remaining with Saints for specialist assessment on his injured right hand on Monday and Tuesday while Vunipola will undergo the return to play protocol in camp after suffering concussion in Saracens’ game at Munster on Friday.
Haskell is still getting over a viral infection and, with Will Fraser (Saracens) also suffering a concussion, Ewers comes in.
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Ben Foden (Northampton Saints), Matt Kvesic (Gloucester Rugby), Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby) and Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens) will also train with the squad as cover for the players involved in Sunday’s European games.
Henry Thomas (Bath Rugby) and Alex Waller (Northampton Saints) have been added as cover for David Wilson and Joe Marler, who have calf and thigh injuries respectively, and will have limited training this week. Both are expected to be fit by the weekend.
Tom Wood has remained in Northampton with his wife pending the birth of their third child and will join the squad later this week.
England Head Coach Stuart Lancaster said,”We always anticipated bringing in additional players following the European games, either to cover injuries or for training.
“Luther will be assessed by a specialist over the next 48 hours and our medics are in close contact with Saints so we’ll know more in a few days but it’s great to be able to bring in Henry (Slade). Billy (Vunipola) will undergo the return to play protocol with us and will resume training once he has completed that.
“Injuries are inevitable but we are excited about the group we have in camp. We are raring to go and looking forward to getting out on the training pitch tomorrow”
England Squad
Loose-head props
Joe Marler (Harlequins)
Matt Mullan (Wasps)
Alex Waller (Northampton Saints)
Tight-head props
Kieran Brookes (Newcastle Falcons)
Henry Thomas (Bath)
David Wilson (Bath)
Hookers
Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints)
Rob Webber (Bath)
Locks
Dave Attwood (Bath)
George Kruis (Saracens)
Joe Launchbury (Wasps)
Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints)
Back rows
Calum Clark (Northampton Saints)
Dave Ewers (Exeter Chiefs)
James Haskell (Wasps)
Matt Kvesic (Gloucester)
Ben Morgan (Gloucester)
Chris Robshaw (Harlequins, captain)
Billy Vunipola (Saracens)
Thomas Waldrom (Exeter Chiefs)
Tom Wood (Northampton Saints)*
Scrum halves
Danny Care (Harlequins)
Lee Dickson (Northampton Saints)
Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers)
Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens)
Fly halves
Owen Farrell (Saracens)
George Ford (Bath)
Stephen Myler (Northampton Saints)
Centres
Brad Barritt (Saracens)
Kyle Eastmond (Bath)
Jonathan Joseph (Bath)
Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs)
Billy Twelvetrees (Gloucester)
Back threes
Mike Brown (Harlequins)
Ben Foden (Northampton Saints)
Alex Goode (Saracens)
Jonny May (Gloucester)
Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs)
Semesa Rokoduguni (Bath)
Anthony Watson (Bath)
Marland Yarde (Harlequins)
*Not currently in camp