Cokanasiga and Hughes called up for England squad to face Barbarians

Cokanasiga and Hughes called up for England squad to face Barbarians

By Semi Turaga
22/05/2018
Joe Cokanasiga and Nathan Hughes

Two players with links to Fiji have been called up by Eddie Jones to prepare for England’s match against the Barbarians on Sunday at Twickenham.

Joe Cokanasiga and Nathan Hughes join 33 other players in the squad which will also prepare for three tests against South Africa in three Tests in Johannesburg, Bloemfontein and Cape Town.

Cokanasiga plays at wing for Bath while Hughes plays at flanker for Wasps. 

 

Backs

Full backs

Mike Brown (Harlequins)

Danny Cipriani (Wasps)

Joe Cokanasiga (London Irish)

Elliot Daly (Wasps)

Jonny May (Leicester Tigers)

Denny Solomona (Sale Sharks)

Jason Woodward (Gloucester Rugby)
 

Inside backs

George Ford (Leicester Tigers)

Piers Francis (Northampton Saints)

Ollie Lawrence (Worcester Warriors) *

Cameron Redpath (Sale Sharks) *

Dan Robson (Wasps) *

Marcus Smith (Harlequins)

Ben Te’o (Worcester Warriors)

Henry Trinder (Gloucester Rugby)

Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers)

 

Forwards

 

Back five

Josh Beaumont (Sale Sharks) 

Tom Curry (Sale Sharks)

Tom Ellis (Bath Rugby) 

Teimana Harrison (Northampton Saints)

Nathan Hughes (Wasps) 

Joe Launchbury (Wasps) 

Zach Mercer (Bath Rugby) 

Josh McNally (London Irish)

Chris Robshaw (Harlequins)

Jono Ross (Sale Sharks)

Elliott Stooke (Bath Rugby) 

Mark Wilson (Newcastle)

 

Front row

Ellis Genge (Leicester Tigers)

Paul Hill (Northampton Saints)

Joe Marler (Harlequins)

George McGuigan (Leicester Tigers)

Nick Schonert (Worcester Warriors) 

Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins)

Jack Singleton (Worcester Warriors) 

[Source: Planet Rugby]

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