Wilkinson back on England duty
2:23pm Tuesday 1st July 2008
By Paul Fraser »
JONNY WILKINSON has been named as the only specialist fly-half in Martin Johnson's first England elite squad.
Wilkinson, the Newcastle Falcons star, has been included while Charlie Hodgson has also been completely left out of the England Saxons squad.
If Johnson chooses against playing Wilkinson, then he does have the option of playing Olly Barkley, Toby Flood or Shane Geraghty in their less preffered role.
Falcons' Jamie Noon has also been named, as England start to prepare to face the Pacific Iselands, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa at Twickenham in November.
England's 32-man Elite Player Squad: Forwards: S Borthwick (Saracens), G Chuter (Leicester), J Crane (Leicester), T Croft (Leicester), D Hartley (Northampton), J Haskell (Wasps), N Kennedy (London Irish), L Mears (Bath), L Moody (Leicester), L Narraway (Gloucester), T Palmer (Wasps), T Payne (Wasps), T Rees (London Wasps), S Shaw (Wasps), A Sheridan (Sale), M Stevens (Bath), P Vickery (Wasps).
Backs: O Barkley (Gloucester), D Care (Harlequins), H Ellis (Leicester), T Flood (Leicester), R Flutey (Wasps), S Geraghty (London Irish), D Hipkiss (Leicester), J Lewsey (Wasps), J Noon (Newcastle), P Richards (London Irish), P Sackey (Wasps), J Simpson-Daniel (Gloucester), M Tait (Sale), T Varndell (Leicester), J Wilkinson (Newcastle).
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