Ollie Lawrence and Ted Hill named in England matchday squad v USA

Warriors pair Ollie Lawrence and Ted Hill have been named in England’s matchday squad for Sunday’s Test against USA at Twickenham (kick-off 2.00pm).

It will be the first time that Warriors have had two players in an England squad for a full international.

Centre Lawrence will start against the Eagles and win his seventh England cap while Hill, Warriors’ Club Captain, is set to win his second off the bench having been named as a replacement loose forward.

Lawrence made his England debut as a replacement against Italy last October while back-row forward Hill won his previous cap as a replacement against Japan at Twickenham in November 2018.

Both were due to play for England A against their Scotland counterparts at Leicester last Sunday before the match was cancelled owing to a COVID-19 outbreak in the Scotland camp.

England Head Coach Eddie Jones has named eight uncapped players in the side, with four more on the bench, which will be captained by Gloucester Rugby Lewis Ludlow.

“Over the past three weeks our biggest message to the players is what an opportunity this is to show what they can do and make their mark with England,” said Jones.

“They’ve applied themselves as a group and worked very hard individually during this camp to reach their personal bests.

“Now it’s all about coming together as a team, gelling and putting in a good performance at the weekend.”

England v USA is live on Channel 4, with coverage starting from 1.30pm.

England

15 Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers, uncapped)
14 Joe Cokanasiga (Bath Rugby, 9 caps)
13 Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs, 38 caps)
12 Ollie Lawrence (Worcester Warriors, 6 caps)
11 Max Malins (Saracens, 7 caps)
10 Marcus Smith (Harlequins, uncapped)
9 Harry Randall (Bristol Bears, uncapped)
1 Ellis Genge (Leicester Tigers, 28 caps)
2 Curtis Langdon (Sale Sharks, uncapped)
3 Joe Heyes (Leicester Tigers, uncapped)
4 Josh McNally (Bath Rugby, uncapped)
5 Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby, 21 caps)
6 Lewis Ludlow (C) (Gloucester Rugby, uncapped)
7 Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby, 22 caps)
8 Callum Chick (Newcastle Falcons, uncapped)

Replacements
16 Jamie Blamire (Newcastle Falcons, uncapped)
17 Beno Obano (Bath Rugby, 1 cap)
18 Trevor Davison (Newcastle Falcons, uncapped)
19 Ted Hill (Worcester Warriors, 1 cap)
20 Ben Curry (Sale Sharks, uncapped)
21 Lewis Ludlam (Northampton Saints, 8 caps)
22 Dan Robson (Wasps, 12 caps)
23 Jacob Umaga (Wasps, uncapped

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