England Calls Up Prospects for Training Camp Amidst Premiership Semi-Finals

Saracens wing Tobias Elliott is among the prospects called up for a small-scale, England training camp, with Northampton, Bath, Exeter and Leicester players absent as they prepare for this weekend's Prem semi-finals. After an injury-affected start to the season, Elliott, who scored seven tries in 16 league games last term, impressed during Saracens' late surge into play-off contention. With loosehead prop Ellis Genge working to recover from a calf complaint, Harlequins' 23-year-old Will Hobson, who was part of the England A squad this year, is involved in the senior set-up for the first time. Nathan Jibulu covers for injured Sale team-mate Luke Cowan-Dickie at hooker. Gloucester flier Ben Redshaw, who co-captained England Under-20s at their age-grade world championship last summer, is also among the 26 players called up. The focus for the three-day camp is England's non-cap warm-up match against a France XV in Vannes on 19 June. England captain Maro Itoje is, in theory, available for the fixture, but has been left out, with England weighing up resting him for part or all of their summer itinerary.