Friday 22 September 2017 19:28, UK
James Haskell has been left out of an England training camp ahead of this November's autumn internationals.
The Wasps forward is not included in a 33-man squad named by coach Eddie Jones, who has also omitted Saracens lock George Kruis, Harlequins prop Kyle Sinckler, Sale winger Denny Solomona and Bath centre Jonathan Joseph.
Solomona was sent home from a previous training camp by Jones following "team culture issues".
Harlequins' 18-year-old fly-half Marcus Smith and Piers Francis of Northampton are included, although there is still no place for in-form Bath winger Semesa Rokoduguni.
The players will meet up in Oxford this Sunday for the three-day camp.
England's three Test matches are against Argentina (November 11), Australia (November 18) and Samoa (November 25).
Jones said: "This camp in Oxford is a really positive opportunity for the group to come back together and sharpen our focus and preparation ahead of our first match against Argentina.
"This is our most important game this year and we want the players to come away from the camp having trained well with a clear plan of how we want to play and win against the Pumas.
"I think in the last two years we have established a good base and we've got some credit in the bank now it's about finding the 31 players that can win the World Cup for us.
"That's what the project is about for the next two years, so we are about to embark on that."
Jones also made it clear that this was a training camp squad and that players still had the chance to play their way into contention for the autumn series.
"You have to remember this is a training squad for Oxford, we'll make selection calls for the autumn further down the line," Jones said.
"They're not in the squad for this camp, if things change there's a possibility they could be in the squad for the Argentina game.
"This is the training squad and these are the players I want to look at. I wouldn't jump at shadows just yet.
"Some guys need to work on their games and we've had those discussions with them. We don't think those coming back from injury will benefit from being with England."
Jones will name his squad for the autumn internationals on 26 October.
England squad
Forwards: Dan Cole, Tom Curry, Tom Dunn, Charlie Ewels, Ellis Genge, Jamie George, Dylan Hartley, Nathan Hughes, Nick Isiekwe, Maro Itoje, Joe Launchbury, Courtney Lawes, Joe Marler, Chris Robshaw, Sam Underhill, Harry Williams, Billy Vunipola, Mako Vunipola
Backs: Mike Brown, Danny Care, Elliot Daly, Owen Farrell, George Ford, Piers Francis, Alex Lozowski, Jonny May, Jack Nowell, Henry Slade, Marcus Smith, Ben Te'o, Anthony Watson, Marland Yarde, Ben Youngs
