Steve Borthwick sends five players to England A squad

Five players have been released from Steve Borthwick’s England Men’s Senior squad to join up with England Men’s A.

The A side returns for an encounter with Portugal at the Leicester Tigers Stadium this Sunday 25 February, kicking-off at 13:00 GMT.

Joe Heyes, Charlie Ewels, Harry Randall, Max Ojomoh and Will Muir have assembled at Loughborough University to join George Skivington’s England Men’s A training squad preparing for a fixture against Os Lobos on Sunday. The quintet had been training at Pennyhill Park ahead of the Calcutta Cup on Saturday.