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Tigers pair released from England duty

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Leicester Tigers duo Thomas Waldrom and Toby Flood are among 11 players released from the England squad ahead of Saturday's fourth autumn Test against New Zealand.

Tigers colleagues Dan Cole, Geoff Parling, Tom Youngs, Manu Tuilagi and Ben Youngs remain part of the 23-man squad who will gather at Pennyhill Park to prepare for Saturday’s QBE International at Twickenham.

Anthony Allen remained with Tigers this week after withdrawing from the club’s match at London Wasps last Sunday with illness.

England squad to face New Zealand:
Forwards

Alex Corbisiero (London Irish)
Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers)
James Haskell (London Wasps)
Joe Launchbury (London Wasps)
Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints)
Ben Morgan (Gloucester Rugby)
David Paice (London Irish)
Geoff Parling (Leicester Tigers)
Chris Robshaw (Harlequins)(c)
Mako Vunipola (Saracens)
David Wilson (Bath Rugby)
Tom Wood (Northampton Saints)
Tom Youngs (Leicester Tigers)
Backs

Chris Ashton (Saracens)
Brad Barritt (Saracens)
Mike Brown (Harlequins)
Freddie Burns (Gloucester Rugby)
Danny Care (Harlequins)
Owen Farrell (Saracens)
Alex Goode (Saracens)
Jonathan Joseph (London Irish)
Manusamoa Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers)
Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers)

The following 11 players have been released back to their clubs.
Mouritz Botha (Saracens)
Tom Biggs (Bath Rugby)
Lee Dickson (Northampton Saints)
Phil Dowson (Northampton Saints)
Toby Flood (Leicester Tigers)
Tom Johnson (Exeter Chiefs)
Tom Palmer (London Wasps)
Charlie Sharples (Gloucester Rugby)
Jordan Turner-Hall (Harlequins)
Thomas Waldrom (Leicester Tigers)
Nick Wood (Gloucester Rugby)