England won’t hand a Test debut to Saracens starlet Noah Caluori against Fiji on Saturday after the 19-year-old wing was left out of Steve Borthwick’s latest squad.
After a stunning breakthrough in PREM Rugby this season - one which involved him scoring five times against Sale - Caluori trained with England ahead of their 25-7 victory over Australia. National head coach Borthwick had suggested Caluori could make an international bow in this campaign, with that seemingly most likely to come in the Fiji game.
But that won’t happen and he is now likely to feature for England’s A team against an All Blacks XV at Bath on Saturday instead of playing for Borthwick’s full senior side this month.
After starting their four-match autumn series with a four-try success over the Wallabies, a meeting with the dangerous Pacific Islanders is up next for England.
Borthwick’s latest party contains minimal changes from the one which beat Australia.
Full-back Freddie Steward is fit to be named and face Fiji after being substituted late on in the first game of the campaign with a hand injury.
Caluori is enjoying a breakthrough season which includes a five-try romp for Saracens vs Sale
Caluori is enjoying a breakthrough season which includes a five-try romp for Saracens vs Sale
ENGLAND'S 36-MAN SQUAD AHEAD OF SATURDAY'S FIJI CLASH
FORWARDS
Fin Baxter** **(Harlequins)
Ollie Chessum (Leicester Tigers)
Alex Coles (Northampton Saints)
Luke Cowan-Dickie (Sale Sharks)
Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins)
Tom Curry (Sale Sharks)
Theo Dan (Saracens)
Ben Earl (Saracens)
Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears)
Jamie George (Saracens)
Joe Heyes (Leicester Tigers)
Maro Itoje (Saracens)
Nick Isiekwe (Saracens)
Jack Kenningham **(**Harlequins)
Tom Lockett (Northampton Saints)
Beno Obano (Bath Rugby)
Asher Opoku-Fordjour (Sale Sharks)
Guy Pepper (Bath Rugby)
Henry Pollock (Northampton Saints)
Will Stuart (Bath Rugby)
Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby)
BACKS
Henry Arundell (Bath Rugby)
Fraser Dingwall (Northampton Saints)
Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (Exeter Chiefs)
George Ford (Sale Sharks)
Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints)
Ollie Lawrence (Bath Rugby)
Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints)
Cadan Murley (Harlequins)
Raffi Quirke (Sale Sharks)
Tom Roebuck (Sale Sharks)
Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs)
Fin Smith (Northampton Saints)
Marcus Smith (Harlequins)
Ben Spencer (Bath Rugby)
Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers)
Steward won’t train with England on Monday as he continues his recovery but that doesn’t mean he has been ruled out of the team’s second fixture.
Beno Obano and Tom Lockett are notable forward inclusions though face a tough task to disrupt Borthwick’s established order.

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