Harlequins are delighted to see Nick Easter, Ugo Monye and Danny Care back in Johnson's England Senior Elite Squad. Although Easter and Monye were not announced in the squad on July 1, 2008, the Quins pair started all four of the Autumn Internationals, earning their place in the revised squad announced today.

Five selection changes to the England Saxons Elite Player Squad announced on July 1, 2008, see the welcome return of Chris Robshaw, and a first call up for Jordan Turner-Hall. Other Quins players announced as remaining in the squad include David Strettle, Tom Guest and Mike Brown.

ENGLAND SENIOR ELITE PLAYER SQUAD

FORWARDS
Steve Borthwick (Saracens)
George Chuter (Leicester Tigers)
Tom Croft (Leicester Tigers)
Nick Easter (Harlequins)
Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints)
James Haskell (London Wasps)
Nick Kennedy (London Irish)
Lee Mears (Bath Rugby)
Lewis Moody (Leicester Tigers)
Luke Narraway (Gloucester Rugby)
Tom Palmer (London Wasps)
Tim Payne (London Wasps)
Tom Rees (London Wasps)
Simon Shaw (London Wasps)
Andrew Sheridan (Sale Sharks)
Matt Stevens (Bath Rugby)
Phil Vickery (London Wasps)

BACKS
Delon Armitage (London Irish)
Danny Care (Harlequins)
Danny Cipriani (London Wasps)
Mark Cueto (Sale Sharks)
Harry Ellis (Leicester Tigers)
Toby Flood (Leicester Tigers)
Ben Foden (Northampton Saints)*
Riki Flutey (London Wasps)
Shane Geraghty (London Irish)
Ugo Monye (Harlequins)
Olly Morgan (Gloucester Rugby)
Jamie Noon (Newcastle Falcons)
Paul Sackey (London Wasps)
Mathew Tait (Sale Sharks)
Mike Tindall (Gloucester Rugby)

* Denotes uncapped player

The five selection changes to the England Elite Player Squad announced on July 1, 2008 are:

Mark Cueto for Olly Barkley (Gloucester Rugby)
Nick Easter for Jordan Crane (Leicester Tigers)
Ben Foden for Peter Richards (London Irish)
Mike Tindall for Dan Hipkiss (Leicester Tigers)
Ugo Monye for James Simpson-Daniel (Gloucester Rugby)

In addition: Olly Morgan for Tom Varndell (Leicester Tigers) and Nick Abendanon (Bath Rugby)

The following players were brought into the England Elite Player Squad between July 1 and December 31 2008:

Delon Armitage for Josh Lewsey (retirement)
Danny Cipriani for Jonny Wilkinson (injured)

Please note there will be further updates on possible injury replacements for Tom Palmer and Tom Rees, plus any other injuries if they are sustained in Rounds 5 and 6 of the Heineken Cup and European Challenge Cup.

The England Senior Elite Player Squad will fly to Portugal for one week's training on Sunday, January 25.

ENGLAND SAXONS ELITE PLAYER SQUAD

FORWARDS
Steffon Armitage (London Irish)*
Richard Blaze (Leicester Tigers)*
Jordan Crane (Leicester Tigers)
Louis Deacon (Leicester Tigers)
Tom Guest (Harlequins)*
Ben Kay (Leicester Tigers)
Michael Lipman (Bath Rugby)
Matthew Mullan (Worcester Warriors)*
David Paice (London Irish)
Chris Robshaw (Harlequins)*
George Skivington (London Wasps)*
Joe Ward (London Wasps)*
Rob Webber (London Wasps)*
Julian White (Leicester Tigers)
Dave Wilson (Newcastle Falcons)*
Nick Wood (Gloucester Rugby)*
Joe Worsley (London Wasps)

BACKS
Nick Abendanon (Bath Rugby)
Matt Banahan (Bath Rugby)*
Olly Barkley (Gloucester Rugby)
Mike Brown (Harlequins)
Dan Hipkiss (Leicester Tigers)
Paul Hodgson (London Irish)
Ryan Lamb (Gloucester Rugby)*
Stephen Myler (Northampton Saints)*
Topsy Ojo (London Irish)
Peter Richards (London Irish)
James Simpson-Daniel (Gloucester Rugby)
David Strettle (Harlequins)
Jordan Turner-Hall (Harlequins)*
Dominic Waldouck (London Wasps)*
Richard Wigglesworth (Sale Sharks)

* Denotes uncapped player

The five selection changes to the England Saxons Elite Player Squad announced on July 1, 2008 are:

Matt Mullan for Jack Forster (Gloucester Rugby)
Julian White for Jason Hobson (Bristol Rugby)
Rob Webber for Andy Titterrell (Gloucester Rugby)
Chris Robshaw for Chris Jones (Sale Sharks)
Jordan Turner-Hall for Anthony Allen (Gloucester Rugby)