As ever with England EPS squads there are a number of surprises.

Martin Johnson has decided that there is no place for Paul Sackey. Banahan, the truly massive Bath winger, instead gets a place after impressing over the summer.

Mr brittle bones, Jonny Wilkinson, is back in the fold. We can only hope that he survives French rugby (after him move to Toulon) better than he has done in the Guinness Premiership. It would be great to see him playing international rugby again. his place in the main EPS means no squad place for Danny Cipriani, with Kelly Brooks boyfriend again having to settle for a place in the Saxons squad.

Disappointed to see Robshaw is only with the Saxons, he has been superb all season. Even more disappointed to see David Strettle there. Strettle is one of the few wingers around that can truly change a game with a moment of magic. He offers something different that frankly no other English winger can.

Great to see Joe Simpson and especially Dominic Waldouck still with the Saxons, he has a huge amount of talent. Indeed there are a number of talented youngsters in that set up.

Some interesting choices for the squads. Wonder how much movement we will see between the squads, and from outside it, this season. More than alloted I think.

ENGLAND SENIOR ELITE PLAYER SQUAD:

FORWARDS

George Chuter (Leicester Tigers)
Jordan Crane (Leicester Tigers)
Tom Croft (Leicester Tigers)
Steffon Armitage (London Irish)
Steve Borthwick (Saracens)
Louis Deacon (Leicester Tigers)
Nick Easter (Harlequins)
Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints)
Ben Kay (Leicester Tigers)
Lee Mears (Bath Rugby)
Tim Payne (London Wasps)
Tom Rees (London Wasps)
Simon Shaw (London Wasps)
Andrew Sheridan (Sale Sharks)
Phil Vickery (London Wasps)
Julian White (Leicester Tigers)
David Wilson (Bath Rugby)
Joe Worsley (London Wasps)

BACKS

Riki Flutey (CA Brive)
Jonny Wilkinson (Toulon)
Delon Armitage (London Irish)
Matt Banahan (Bath Rugby)
Danny Care (Harlequins)
Mark Cueto (Sale Sharks)
Harry Ellis (Leicester Tigers)
Toby Flood (Leicester Tigers)
Dan Hipkiss (Leicester Tigers)
Paul Hodgson (London Irish)
Ugo Monye (Harlequins)
Olly Morgan (Gloucester Rugby)
Mathew Tait (Sale Sharks)
Mike Tindall (Gloucester Rugby)

ENGLAND SAXONS SQUAD

FORWARDS

Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers)
Alex Corbisiero (London Irish)
Nick Kennedy (London Irish)
Richard Blaze (Leicester Tigers)
Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints)
Matthew Mullan (Worcester Warriors)
Tom Mercey (Saracens)
Lewis Moody (Leicester Tigers)
Luke Narraway (Gloucester Rugby)
David Paice (London Irish)
Chris Robshaw (Harlequins)
Will Skinner (Harlequins)
George Skivington (London Wasps)
Dan Ward-Smith (London Wasps)
Rob Webber (London Wasps)
Nick Wood (Gloucester Rugby)
Ben Woods (Leicester Tigers)

BACKS

Nick Abendanon (Bath Rugby)
Brad Barritt (Saracens)
Danny Cipriani (London Wasps)
Ben Foden (Northampton Saints)
Shane Geraghty (Northampton Saints)
Topsy Ojo (London Irish)
Stephen Myler (Northampton Saints)
Paul Sackey (London Wasps)
Joe Simpson (London Wasps)
David Strettle (Harlequins)
Jordan Turner-Hall (Harlequins)
Sam Vesty (Leicester Tigers)
Dominic Waldouck (London Wasps)
Richard Wigglesworth (Sale Sharks)
Micky Young (Newcastle Falcons)

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