World Cup: Henry Slade & Alex Dombrandt reportedly not in England plans

No official announcement has been made but expect these calls to be confirmed soon.

Henry Slade and Alex Dombrandt are set to be the biggest casualties from England's World Cup squad. Scotland have also cut their 41-man squad down to 37 ahead of a return tie with France. England were defeated 20-9 by Wales in Cardiff, on Saturday, and head coach Steve Borthwick looks to have decided on his final World Cup squad. First flagged by The Times but now widely reported, Henry Slade is set to miss out as Joe Marchant, Manu Tuilagi and Ollie Lawrence take the centre slots. Owen Farrell will be able to cover 10 and 12. Elsewhere, Ben Earl is set to make the squad with Harlequins' Alex Dombrandt pushed out. Borthwick has already told reporters he will take three out-halves, so Farrell, Marcus Smith and George Ford should all be travelling to France.

Adam Hastings set to miss World Cup

Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend has released four senior players from his World Cup training squad. The Scots beat France 25-21 at Murrayfield, on Saturday, and Townsend has reduced his training squad to 37.

Stafford McDowall, Adam Hastings, Cameron Henderson and Kyle Rowe have returned to their clubs ahead of the match against France in St. Etienne next Saturday and the World Cup squad being named on Wednesday 16 August.

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Forwards Ewan Ashman (Edinburgh Rugby) 8 caps Jamie Bhatti (Glasgow Warriors) 31 caps Josh Bayliss (Bath Rugby) 4 caps Dave Cherry (Edinburgh Rugby) 9 caps Luke Crosbie (Edinburgh Rugby) 5 caps Scott Cummings (Glasgow Warriors) 27 caps Rory Darge (Glasgow Warriors) 9 caps Jack Dempsey (Glasgow Warriors) 10 caps Matt Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors) 35 caps Zander Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors) 59 caps Grant Gilchrist (Edinburgh Rugby) 63 caps Richie Gray (Glasgow Warriors) 74 caps Stuart McInally (Edinburgh Rugby) 48 caps WP Nel (Edinburgh Rugby) 54 caps Jamie Ritchie (Edinburgh Rugby) – CAPTAIN – 41 caps Pierre Schoeman (Edinburgh Rugby) 22 caps Javan Sebastian (Edinburgh Rugby) 4 caps Sam Skinner (Edinburgh Rugby) 26 caps Rory Sutherland (Unattached) 24 caps George Turner (Glasgow Warriors) 36 caps Murphy Walker (Glasgow Warriors) 3 caps Hamish Watson (Edinburgh Rugby) 58 caps Backs Jamie Dobie (Glasgow Warriors) 2 cap Darcy Graham (Edinburgh Rugby) 35 caps Chris Harris (Gloucester Rugby) 43 caps Ben Healy (Edinburgh Rugby) 2 caps George Horne (Glasgow Warriors) 21 caps Huw Jones (Glasgow Warriors) 37 caps Blair Kinghorn (Edinburgh Rugby) 45 caps Ali Price (Glasgow Warriors) 62 caps Cameron Redpath (Bath Rugby) 7 caps Finn Russell (Bath Rugby) 70 caps Ollie Smith (Glasgow Warriors) 4 caps Kyle Steyn (Glasgow Warriors) 11 caps Sione Tuipulotu (Glasgow Warriors) 17 caps Duhan van der Merwe (Edinburgh Rugby) 29 caps Ben White (RC Toulon) 15 caps Related Articles:

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