Thirteen Leicester Tigers players have been included in the England Senior EPS and Saxons EPS squads announced today.

Eight players are included in England team manager Martin Johnson’s senior squad, while Saxons head coach Stuart Lancaster has called up five Tigers, including young prospects Ben Youngs and Dan Cole.

Jordan Crane, Tom Croft, Louis Deacon, Lewis Moody, Julian White, Harry Ellis, Toby Flood and Dan Hipkiss are named among the seniors ahead of the Six Nations programme.

Cole and Youngs, who has been named as an injury replacement for Wasps No9 Joe Simpson, are rewarded for their good form and are joined by Ben Woods and senior caps George Chuter and Ben Kay in the Saxons set-up.

ENGLAND SENIOR EPS
FORWARDS
Steffon Armitage (London Irish)
Steve Borthwick (Saracens)
Jordan Crane (Leicester Tigers)
Tom Croft (Leicester Tigers)
Louis Deacon (Leicester Tigers)
Nick Easter (Harlequins)
Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints)
James Haskell (Stade Francais)
Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints)
Lee Mears (Bath Rugby)
Lewis Moody (Leicester Tigers)
Tim Payne (London Wasps)
Simon Shaw (London Wasps)
Andrew Sheridan (Sale Sharks)
Steve Thompson (CA Brive)
Julian White (Leicester Tigers)
David Wilson (Bath Rugby)

BACKS
Delon Armitage (London Irish)
Matt Banahan (Bath Rugby)
Danny Care (Harlequins)
Mark Cueto (Sale Sharks)
Harry Ellis (Leicester Tigers)
Toby Flood (Leicester Tigers)
Ben Foden (Northampton Saints)
Riki Flutey (CA Brive)
Shontayne Hape (Bath Rugby)
Dan Hipkiss (Leicester Tigers)
Paul Hodgson (London Irish)
Ugo Monye (Harlequins)
Mathew Tait (Sale Sharks)
Jonny Wilkinson (Toulon)

ENGLAND SAXONS EPS
FORWARDS
David Attwood (Gloucester Rugby)
Duncan Bell (Bath Rugby)
George Chuter (Leicester Tigers)
Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers)
Alex Corbisiero (London Irish)
Phil Dowson (Northampton Saints)
Ben Kay (Leicester Tigers)
Nick Kennedy (London Irish)
Matthew Mullan (Worcester Warriors)
David Paice (London Irish)
Tom Rees (London Wasps)
Chris Robshaw (Harlequins)
Andy Saull (Saracens)
George Skivington (London Wasps)
Dan Ward-Smith (London Wasps)
Rob Webber (London Wasps)
Nick Wood (Gloucester Rugby)
Ben Woods (Leicester Tigers)

BACKS
Brad Barritt (Saracens)
Danny Cipriani (London Wasps)
Shane Geraghty (Northampton Saints)
Charlie Hodgson (Sale Sharks)
Stephen Myler (Northampton Saints)
Olly Morgan (Gloucester Rugby)
Paul Sackey (London Wasps)
Joe Simpson (London Wasps)
David Strettle (Harlequins)
Dominic Waldouck (London Wasps)
Richard Wigglesworth (Sale Sharks)
Mickey Young (Newcastle Falcons)
Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers)