Nine Saints players named in England training squad

Nine Saints players have been named in England's 36-man squad for a training camp, which runs from today (Sunday) until Tuesday.

Manny Iyogun, Alex Coles, Tom Pearson, Henry Pollock, Alex Mitchell, Archie McParland, Fin Smith, Tommy Freeman and Fraser Dingwall have all been included.

Tom Pearson returned from injury in Saints' defeat at Leicester Tigers on Saturday (photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

placeholder image — Tom Pearson returned from injury in Saints' defeat at Leicester Tigers on Saturday (photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

That means Saints players make up 25 per cent of the latest England squad.

The group will train at the performance centre at Pennyhill Park.

The players selected will be available to play for their clubs in the Gallagher PREM at the weekend.

Saints welcome table-topping Gloucester to DPD Stadium at Franklin's Gardens on Saturday (kick-off 5.30pm).

As for England, they are getting ready to welcome Australia to Allianz Stadium, Twickenham in round four of the Nations Championship on Sunday, November 8.

Steve Borthwick's side will then take on Japan (Saturday, November 14) and New Zealand (Saturday, November 21).

England's 36-player training squad

Forwards: Fin Baxter (Harlequins), Ollie Chessum (Leicester Tigers), Arthur Clark (Gloucester Rugby), Alex Coles (Northampton Saints), Luke Cowan-Dickie (Sale Sharks), Ben Curry (Sale Sharks), Tom Curry (Sale Sharks), Ben Earl (Saracens), Greg Fisilau (Exeter Chiefs), Jamie George (Saracens), Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears), Joe Heyes (Leicester Tigers), Maro Itoje (Saracens), Emmanuel Iyogun (Northampton Saints), George Martin (Saracens), Asher Opoku-Fordjour (Sale Sharks), Tom Pearson (Northampton Saints), Henry Pollock (Northampton Saints), Will Stuart (Bath Rugby), Kepueli Tuipulotu (Bath Rugby).

Backs: Noah Caluori (Saracens), Fraser Dingwall (Northampton Saints), George Ford (Sale Sharks), Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints), George Furbank (Harlequins), Will Joseph (Gloucester Rugby), Joe Marchant (Sale Sharks), Archie McParland (Northampton Saints), Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints), Cadan Murley (Harlequins), Max Ojomoh (Bath Rugby), Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs), Fin Smith (Northampton Saints), Marcus Smith (Harlequins), Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers), Jack van Poortvliet (Leicester Tigers).

Rehabilitation: Seb Atkinson (Gloucester Rugby), Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (Exeter Chiefs), Guy Pepper (Bath Rugby)