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Tom Willis has been left out of the England training squad ahead of the autumn international fixtures.
England head coach steve borthwick Quilter has announced his squad for the three-day training camp ahead of the Nations Series and has decided to leave out Willis and former captain owen farrell,
Willis, who had established himself as England’s first-choice number eight, has been left out following his decision to leave Saracens at the end of the season and sign a contract with Top 14 side Bordeaux that would make him ineligible for international selection.
There is no room for Farrell despite Borthwick having injury problems at inside centre.
The 34-year-old, who has 112 England caps, has featured at inside center for Saracens this season and played in midfield for the British & Irish Lions in the summer.
Noah Caluori, 19, who scored five tries for Saracens in the win over Sale on Saturday, has been added to the squad as an extra player as part of a development deal with the Gallagher Prem club.
The team gathered for a training camp at the England Performance Center at Pennhill Park on Sunday.
England face Australia at Allianz Stadium on November 1, before matches against Fiji, New Zealand and Argentina.
England training squad:
Forwards: Finn Baxter (Harlequins), Ollie Chasem (Leicester), Alex Coles (Northampton), Luke Cowan-Dickie (Sale), Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins), Theo Dann (Saracens), Ben Earl (Saracens), Ellis Ganz (Bristol), Jamie George (Saracens), Joe Hayes. (Leicester), Emeka Iliyon (Leicester), Maro Itoje (Saracens), Nick Isikwe (Saracens), Asher Opoku-Fordjour (Sale), Guy Pepper (Bath), Henry Pollock (Northampton), Bevan Rodd (Sale), Will Stuart (Bath), Sam Underhill (Bath).
Backs: Henry Arundell (Bath), Fraser Dingwall (Northampton), Emmanuel Faye-Waboso (Exeter), George Ford (Sale), Tommy Freeman (Northampton), Ollie Lawrence (Bath), Alex Mitchell (Northampton), Caden Murali (Harlequins), Max Ojomoah (Bath), Raffi Quirke. (Sale), Adam Radwan (Leicester), Tom Roebuck (Sale), Henry Slade (Exeter), Finn Smith (Northampton), Marcus Smith (Harlequins), Ben Spencer (Bath), Freddie Steward (Leicester).
Rehabilitation: Tom Currie (Sale), Elliot Daly (Saracens), Jack van Poortvliet (Leicester).