Steve Borthwick has named his squad for the summer fixtures of the inaugural Nations Championship.
The squad, which features a number of surprises, is headlined by the inclusion of Bristol Bears centre Benhard Janse van Rensburg, who qualifies for England through five-year residency.
The 29 year-old, who was previously tied to South Africa thanks to a 20-minute cameo for the 'Baby Boks' in 2016, successfully appealed to World Rugby last year that his emergency injury cover appearance should not mean he is only eligible for the Springboks.
Though it was initially thought he would only become available in November, his paperwork has allowed him to play in two of England's matches this summer, against Fiji and Argentina.
The inclusion of the Bears' man, comes at the expense of both Ollie Lawrence and Max Ojomoh, while Fraser Dingwall, Seb Atkinson and Henry Slade are included as the other specialist centres.
Alongside clubmates Lawrence and Ojomoh, Henry Arundell is left out - following a dismal Six Nations display - being replaced by Leicester Tigers win Adam Radwan.
Luke Cowan-Dickie misses out on the squad through rehabilitation, being replaced by another Tigers man Jamie Blamire, who has had a strong season replacing Julian Montoya at Welford Road, alongside Bath's 20-year-old hooker Kepu Tuipulotu.
Despite only returning from an extremely long injury lay-off a few weeks ago, current Tigers and soon-to-be Saracens lock George Martin is included amongst the second rows.
England summer squad 2026
Forwards (22)
Jamie Blamire (Leicester), Ollie Chessum (Leicester), Arthur Clark (Gloucester), Alex Coles (Northampton), Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins), Tom Curry (Sale), Theo Dan (Saracens), Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins), Ben Earl (Saracens), Ellis Genge (Bristol), Jamie George (Saracens), Joe Heyes (Leicester), Nick Isiekwe (Saracens), Maro Itoje (Saracens), Emmanuel Iyogun (Northampton), George Martin (Leicester), Beno Obano (Bath), Asher Opoku-Fordjour (Sale), Guy Pepper (Bath), Henry Pollock (Northampton), Vilikesa Sela (Bath), Kepu Tuipulotu (Bath).
Backs (20)
Seb Atkinson (Gloucester), Charlie Bracken (Saracens), Noah Caluori (Saracens), Fraser Dingwall (Northampton), Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (Exeter), George Ford (Sale), Tommy Freeman (Northampton), George Furbank (Northampton), Benhard Janse van Rensburg (Bristol), Archie McParland (Northampton), Alex Mitchell (Northampton), Cadan Murley (Harlequins), Adam Radwan (Leicester), Tom Roebuck (Sale), Henry Slade (Exeter), Fin Smith (Northampton), Marcus Smith (Harlequins), Ben Spencer (Bath), Freddie Steward (Leicester), Jack van Poortvliet (Leicester).
Rehabilitation
Luke Cowan-Dickie (Sale Sharks).
Not considered for selection
Fin Baxter (Harlequins), Ben Curry (Sale), Elliot Daly (Saracens), Trevor Davison (Northampton), Greg Fisilau (Exeter), Will Muir (Bath), Bevan Rodd (Sale), Sam Underhill (Bath).
England will play away against South Africa, Fiji and Argentina in this summer's fixtures, before hosting Australia, Japan and New Zealand this Autumn, all as part of the new Nations Championship.
