Semesa Rokoduguni has been ruled out of England's clash against South Africa at Twickenham on Saturday.
Backs coach Mike Catt said this morning thought the Bath winger had recovered from the thigh injury he sustained against New Zealand but Stuart Lancaster thought otherwise so he is replaced by Harlequins' Marland Yarde in the matchday squad to take on the Springboks.
This is the only change Lancaster has made although James Haskell has been called up to provide extra cover to the back row after Tom Wood did not take full part in Tuesday training.
As expected however, Kyle Eastmond and Dave Atwood have recovered from a stomach bug and knee niggle and will feature at HQ this weekend.
“The players have responded well and we've had a good few days' training,” Lancaster said. “Roko did some limited training this morning but is unlikely to fully recover from his thigh injury in time for the game so Marland is in the group coming back tomorrow.
“Tom [Wood] is still sore from the weekend and sat out training so we are including five back rows to give us options before we announce the side on Thursday morning.”
England squad:
Forwards: Dave Attwood (Bath), Kieran Brookes (Newcastle), Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints), James Haskell (Wasps), George Kruis (Saracens), Courtney Lawes (Northampton), Joe Marler (Harlequins), Matt Mullan (Wasps), David Wilson (Bath), Ben Morgan (Gloucester), Chris Robshaw (Harlequins, Capt.), Billy Vunipola (Saracens), Rob Webber (Bath), Tom Wood (Northampton)
Backs: Brad Barritt (Saracens), Mike Brown (Harlequins), Danny Care (Harlequins), Kyle Eastmond (Bath), Owen Farrell (Saracens), George Ford (Bath), Jonny May (Gloucester), Anthony Watson (Bath), Marland Yarde (Harlequins), Ben Youngs (Leicester)
Returning to their Aviva Premiership clubs: Calum Clark (Northampton), Lee Dickson (Northampton Saints), Alex Goode (Saracens), Jonathan Joseph (Bath), Graham Kitchener (Leicester), Jack Nowell (Exeter), Semesa Rokoduguni (Bath), Henry Thomas (Bath), Billy Twelvetrees (Gloucester), Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens).
