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England retain five Tigers ahead of Samoa Test

England have retained 25 players to prepare for the Old Mutual Wealth Series match against Samoa at Twickenham (KO Saturday 3pm, Sky Sports), including five from Leicester Tigers.

Dan Cole, George Ford, Ellis Genge, Jonny May and Ben Youngs are all in the squad for the third and final international fixture of the series.

Backs
Mike Brown (Harlequins), Elliot Daly (Wasps), Jonny May (Leicester Tigers), Semesa Rokoduguni (Bath Rugby), Danny Care (Harlequins), Owen Farrell (Saracens), George Ford (Leicester Tigers), Piers Francis (Northampton Saints), Alex Lozowski (Saracens), Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs), Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers).
 
Forwards
Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby), Nick Isiekwe (Saracens), Maro Itoje (Saracens), Joe Launchbury (Wasps), Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints), Chris Robshaw (Harlequins), Sam Simmonds (Exeter Chiefs), Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers), Ellis Genge (Leicester Tigers), Jamie George (Saracens), Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints), Joe Marler (Harlequins), Mako Vunipola (Saracens), Harry Williams (Exeter Chiefs)
 
Players released back to their clubs:
Tom Dunn (Bath Rugby)
Nathan Hughes (Wasps)
Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby)
George Kruis (Saracens)
Zach Mercer (Bath Rugby)
Marcus Smith (Harlequins)
Denny Solomona (Sale Sharks)
Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby)
 
Ben Te'o (Worcester Warriors) will remain in camp until Wednesday. Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby) will continue to go through his Graduated Return to Play protocols in camp.