Harlequins winger Kadan Merly (left) was the top scorer in the Premier League last season. Billy Vunipola and Ollie Lawrence are ready to join the main training squad after recovering from their injuries.
Val Rapawa Ruskin, Gloucester's props, is another unrestricted contender to leave the setup for this week's training camp at Bagshot. Bevan Rodd is recalled less than a week after being himself released as Mako Vunipola stays with the Saracens to draw attention to his ongoing past issue. Thus, Ellis Jenge and Joe Marler, who have been the main pillars of the entire project so far, remain the main pillars.
Billy Vunipola, who underwent knee surgery after being absent at the end of the domestic season, is due to have a modified training session with England less than two weeks before the opening warm-up test against Wales in Cardiff.
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Merli appeared to be on his way to making his international debut in one of those matches, ending the Premier League campaign as the league's top scorer with 15 attempts.
The low, powerful wing outlasted Ollie Hassel-Collins, who played last season with the Six Nations but will now return to the Harlequins. Earlier this month, Merli noted that Manchester City's high-scoring striker Erling Haaland had influenced his own finish.
“Every athlete looks at other sports and wonders how they can improve, and you just looked at Haaland's performance this season, it was just incredible,” he said.
“As a United fan, it’s hard for me to say. You just have to look at these relationships, you can see that for many of these purposes it is called a merchant, but you have to be in the right place at the right time. And I just think a lot of that has to do with his attitudes and his understanding of the players around him.”
“And a lot of wingers these days, that's where a lot of your attempts come from; if you can read the game ahead of time and know who is around you,” adds Merli. “At Quins we have Andre Esterhuizen, Alex Dombrandt. The two of them will be looking for offload the most, so if I can surround them I know that's when the touch will happen.”
Three potential options remain in Steve Borthwick's group: Henry Arundell, Joe Kokanashiga, Elliot Daly, Max Malins, Joe Marchant, Johnny May, Guy Porter, Freddie Steward and Anthony Watson.
Winger Henry Arundel is part of the many exciting options that England have in the back three. Photo: Getty Images/Dan Mullan
It's a mixture of youth and experience as Kokanashiga, Daly, May and Watson are part of the England squad that traveled to Japan for the 2019 World Cup four years ago. Rounding out the last 18-man division are three scrimmage midfielders: Danny Care, Jack van Poortvliet and Ben Youngs, plus George Ford, Marcus Smith, Owen Farrell, Henry Slade, Manu Tuilagi and Lawrence.
In addition to the 22 strikers named by Borthwick, Locke Ollie Chessum and prostitute Jack Walker will remain in England in a small rebility squad The two of England's billiards rivals met over the weekend in Sapporo when Samoa defeated Japan 24-22. Michael Leitch, former captain of the Brave Blossoms, was sent off in the first half by referee Mathieu Raynal after he tackled So'otal Faaso'o, the former London Irish defender. Leitch is likely to face a ban, but he should appear at the start of the World Cup.
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