Ollie Chessum, Joe Heyes and George Martin have all been awarded enhanced England Elite Player Squad (EPS) contracts for the 2025/26 season.
25 players have been awarded enhanced Elite Player Squad (EPS) contracts, with the three Tigers having all enjoyed significant presence within the test arena over the last year.
Chessum spent the summer over in Australia having been selected for the British & Irish Lions tour, starting in the series-clinching second test win.
Heyes, meanwhile, was voted England's Player of the Tour for their two-test summer series in Argentina while George Martin started in both of England's opening matches in the 2025 Guinness Six Nations, including the victory over France at Allianz Stadium, before sustaining an injury.
England Elite Player Squad (EPS) contracts for 2025/26
- Fin Baxter (Harlequins)
- Ollie Chessum (Leicester Tigers)
- Luke Cowan-Dickie (Sale Sharks)
- Ben Curry (Sale Sharks)
- Tom Curry (Sale Sharks)
- Elliot Daly (Saracens)
- Ben Earl (Saracens)
- Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (Exeter Chiefs)
- George Ford (Sale Sharks)
- Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints)
- George Furbank (Northampton Saints)
- Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears)
- Jamie George (Saracens)
- Joe Heyes (Leicester Tigers)
- Maro Itoje (Saracens)
- Ollie Lawrence (Bath Rugby)
- George Martin (Leicester Tigers)
- Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints)
- Henry Pollock (Northampton Saints)
- Tom Roebuck (Sale Sharks)
- Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs)
- Fin Smith (Northampton Saints)
- Marcus Smith (Harlequins)
- Will Stuart (Bath Rugby)
- Tom Willis (Saracens)
