Marcus Smith and Alex Mitchell have returned to England’s Six Nations squad forward of the go to of Eire on Saturday after calf and knee accidents respectively.
Fly-half Smith is but to play a minute on this season’s competitors after choosing up a knock on a pre-tournament camp in Girona, sitting out the wins over Italy and Wales and Calcutta Cup defeat to Scotland.
Scrum-half Mitchell began in opposition to Italy and Wales solely to then injure his knee ligaments in coaching, with Danny Care beginning at No 9 in opposition to Scotland.
Smith and Mitchell at the moment are in rivalry to determine in opposition to Grand Slam-seeking Eire at Twickenham on March 9 after being included in a 36-man group.
Each gamers attended an England coaching camp in York final week, with assault coach Richard Wigglesworth saying on the time: “We’re hopeful they are going to be within the combine [for Ireland]. We’ll know extra on Monday/Tuesday subsequent week.”
England’s 36-player squad forward of Eire sport on Saturday
Forwards: Ollie Chessum, Dan Cole, Alex Coles, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Chandler Cunningham-South, Theo Dan, Alex Dombrandt, Ben Earl, Charlie Ewels, Ellis Genge, Jamie George, Joe Heyes, Maro Itoje, Joe Marler, George Martin, Beno Obano, Ethan Roots, Will Stuart, Sam Underhill
Backs: Danny Care, Elliot Daly, Fraser Dingwall, Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, Tommy Freeman, George Furbank, Ollie Lawrence, Alex Mitchell, Will Muir, Tom Roebuck, Henry Slade, Fin Smith, Marcus Smith, Ben Spencer, Freddie Steward, Manu Tuilagi
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