Trio of Exeter Chiefs players selected for England training camp

Injured winger Immanuel Feyi-Waboso is one of three Exeter Chiefs players to have been selected by England head coach Steve Borthwick for a two-day training camp this week ahead of four international games to come this summer.

An England XV will take on a France XV at Allianz Stadium on June 21 before a three-Test summer tour to Argentina, who they will play twice, with a single fixture in Washington DC against the United States of America.

The squad that travels to Argentina and the USA could end up looking significantly different from the training squad announced today, with no players from either Northampton Saints and Bath Rugby involved in the camp this week due to the two clubs’ involvement in the European club finals this weekend. Bath face Lyon on Friday night in the Challenge Cup final and then Northampton Saints take on Bordeaux-Begles in the big show in Cardiff on Saturday in the Champions Cup.

England also have 13 players unavailable this summer having been selected on the British and Irish Lions tour to Australia, which will create significant opportunities for the next players off the taxi rank.

Amongst those players to be given an opportunity to impress the national coaches is uncapped flanker Richard Capstick from Chiefs, who will join Feyi-Waboso and England veteran Henry Slade in meeting up with the national side.

Feyi-Waboso is understood to be on the verge of making his playing return after recovering from surgery on a shoulder injury he suffered back in December.

Many believe he could yet make the British and Irish Lions tour this summer but needs opportunities to prove his fitness, with the young medical student potentially set to get his first run out of 2025 at home to Sale Sharks on the final day of the Gallagher Premiership season.

Lions head coach Andy Farrell has spoken about leaving at least two spots open in his squad for a pair of players who need to prove their fitness, with Feyi-Waboso believed to be one of them.

Exeter’s flying winger Paul Brown-Bampoe was not amongst the players selected for the camp despite having scored 20 tries in all competitions this season and having been named a bolter to be involved with the national side this summer.

England’s 33-player training squad

Forwards:

Joe Batley (Bristol Bears), Fin Baxter (Harlequins), Richard Capstick ( Exeter Chiefs), Arthur Clark (Gloucester Rugby), Ben Curry (Sale Sharks), Theo Dan (Saracens), Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins), Afolabi Fasogbon (Gloucester Rugby), Jamie George (Saracens), Joe Heyes (Leicester Tigers), Emeka Ilione (Leicester Tigers), Nick Isiekwe (Saracens), Jack Kenningham (Harlequins), Gabriel Oghre (Bristol Bears), Asher Opoku-Fordjour (Sale Sharks), Bevan Rodd (Sale Sharks), Tom Willis (Saracens),

Backs:

Charlie Atkinson (Gloucester Rugby), Seb Atkinson (Gloucester Rugby), Oscar Beard (Harlequins), Joe Carpenter (Sale Sharks), Tobias Elliott (Saracens), Immanuel Feyi-Waboso ( Exeter Chiefs ), George Ford (Sale Sharks), Rekeiti Ma’asi-White (Sale Sharks), Cadan Murley (Harlequins), Luke Northmore (Harlequins), Raffi Quirke (Sale Sharks), Harry Randall (Bristol Bears), Tom Roebuck (Sale Sharks), Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs), Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers), Jack van Poortvliet (Leicester Tigers)

Rehabilitation: Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins) and George Martin (Leicester Tigers)