Alex Coles has been added to England’s squad for the upcoming Autumn Nations Series, and will join up with the 36-man group next week ahead of their first Test against New Zealand.
The 25-year-old lock returned from injury in Northampton Saints’ clash at Bristol Bears on Friday night, captaining the side in the Gallagher Premiership for the first time in Saints’ frustrating 31-23 loss at Ashton Gate.
And now Coles – who already has seven England caps to his name – will link up with fellow Saints Trevor Davison, Tommy Freeman, George Furbank, Ollie Sleightholme and Fin Smith, who have all spent a week within the England set-up already.
Coles joins the squad as Tom Roebuck (Sale Sharks), Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby), and Ollie Chessum (Leicester Tigers) are all released from the squad – with Chessum awaiting further assessment on a knee injury, and Ewels currently following return-to-play protocols.
England welcome New Zealand at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham on Saturday 2 November (kick-off: 3.10pm) for their first match of the 2024 Autumn Nations Series, before taking on Australia, South Africa and Japan.
ENGLAND SQUAD FOR 2024 AUTUMN NATIONS SERIES
FORWARDS
Fin Baxter (Harlequins)
Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers)
Alex Coles (Northampton Saints)
Luke Cowan-Dickie (Sale Sharks)
Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins)
Ben Curry (Sale Sharks)
Tom Curry (Sale Sharks)
Theo Dan (Saracens)
Trevor Davison (Northampton Saints)
Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins)
Ben Earl (Saracens)
Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears)
Jamie George (Saracens)
Ted Hill (Bath Rugby)
Nick Isiekwe (Saracens)
Maro Itoje (Saracens)
Joe Marler (Harlequins)
George Martin (Leicester Tigers)
Will Stuart (Bath Rugby)
Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby)
BACKS
Elliot Daly (Saracens)
Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (Exeter Chiefs)
George Ford (Sale Sharks)
Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints)
George Furbank (Northampton Saints)
Ollie Lawrence (Bath Rugby)
Alex Lozowski (Saracens)
Luke Northmore (Harlequins)
Harry Randall (Bristol Bears)
Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs)
Ollie Sleightholme (Northampton Saints)
Fin Smith (Northampton Saints)
Marcus Smith (Harlequins)
Ben Spencer (Bath Rugby)
Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers)
Jack van Poortvliet (Leicester Tigers)
