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England Men

27 Aug 2023 | 3 min |

England Squad for Rugby World Cup 2023

England men’s head coach Steve Borthwick has confirmed his official 33-player squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.

Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby) and Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints) are included in the squad replacing Jack van Poortvliet (Leicester Tigers) and Anthony Watson.

England’s official 2023 Rugby World Cup squad

Forwards (19)

Ollie Chessum (Leicester Tigers, 11 caps)

Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers, 102 caps)***

Tom Curry (Sale Sharks, 45 caps)*

Theo Dan (Saracens, 3 caps)

Ben Earl (Saracens, 18 caps)

Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears, 52 caps)*

Jamie George (Saracens, 79 caps)**

Maro Itoje (Saracens, 70 caps)*

Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints, 100 caps)***

Lewis Ludlam (Northampton Saints, 21 caps)*

Joe Marler (Harlequins, 82 caps)**

George Martin (Leicester Tigers, 3 caps)

David Ribbans (Toulon, 8 caps)

Bevan Rodd (Sale Sharks, 3 caps)

Kyle Sinckler (Bristol Bears, 63 caps)*

Will Stuart (Bath Rugby, 29 caps)

Billy Vunipola (Saracens, 70 caps) **

Jack Walker (Harlequins, 4 caps)

Jack Willis (Toulouse, 13 caps)

Backs (14)

Henry Arundell (Racing 92, 8 caps)

Danny Care (Harlequins, 90 caps)*

Elliot Daly (Saracens, 59 caps)*

Owen Farrell (Saracens, 107 caps)**

George Ford (Sale Sharks, 85 caps)**

Ollie Lawrence (Bath Rugby, 14 caps)

Max Malins (Bristol Bears, 21 caps)

Joe Marchant (Stade Francais, 19 caps)

Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby, 73 caps)**

Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints, 6 caps)

Marcus Smith  (Harlequins, 24 caps)

Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers, 26 caps)

Manu Tuilagi (Sale Sharks, 53 caps)**

Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 124 caps)***
 

*denotes number of Rugby World Cup tournaments played

England's pool games

Saturday 9 September, kick off 2000 BST – England v Argentina (Stade Vélodrome, Marseille)

Sunday 17 September, kick off 2000 BST – England v Japan (Stade de Nice, Nice)

Saturday 23 September, kick off 1645 BST – England v Chile (Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille)

Saturday 7 October, kick off 1645 BST – England v Samoa (Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille)