Congratulations to Nick Easter, Stuart Abbott, Mike Brown and David Strettle who have all been selected in the 32-man England Saxons squad for the matches against Italy A (Friday 2nd February in Exeter) and Ireland A (Friday 9th February in Belfast) next month.
The full England Saxons squad is as follows:
Forwards: Alex Clarke (Bristol Rugby), Steve Borthwick (Bath Rugby), Chris Brooker (Bath Rugby), Jordan Crane (Leicester Tigers),
Nick Easter (NEC Harlequins), James Forrester (Gloucester Rugby), Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints), James Haskell (London Wasps), Richard Hill (Saracens), Chris Jones (Sale Sharks), Ben Kay (Leicester Tigers), Pat Sanderson (Worcester Warriors), Dean Schofield (Sale Sharks), Andy Titterrell (Sale Sharks), Stuart Turner (Sale Sharks), David Wilson (Newcastle Falcons), Nick Wood (Gloucester Rugby)
Backs: Nick Abendanon (Bath Rugby),
Stuart Abbott (NEC Harlequins), Anthony Allen (Gloucester Rugby), Olly Barkley (Bath Rugby),
Mike Brown (NEC Harlequins), Ben Cohen (Northampton Saints), Ben Foden (Sale Sharks), Ryan Lamb (Gloucester Rugby), Olly Morgan (Gloucester Rugby), James Simpson-Daniel (Gloucester Rugby),
David Strettle (NEC Harlequins), Chev Walker (Bath Rugby), Tom Varndell (Leicester Tigers), Nick Walshe (Bath Rugby), Richard Wigglesworth (Sale Sharks)