England call up Simmonds, Haskell out

9:05 AM BST

Exeter's Sam Simmonds has earned a call up to the England squad ahead of the autumn internationals but there is no place in the 34-man party for James Haskell or Marland Yarde.

Eddie Jones has also called up uncapped duo fly-half Marcus Smith and back row Zach Mercer with both being included in apprentice roles.

Tom Dunn is the only other uncapped player in the party with Jones recalling Denny Solomona -- after he was sent home from their pre-season training camp -- and Jonathan Joseph, who was left out of their last squad.

Simmonds earns his call up after impressing in the back-row for Exeter and he will vie with Bath's Sam Underhill for a spot, with Jones previously saying he saw the Chiefs back-rower as an openside.

But there is no place for Haskell, who has featured prominently under Jones, Northampton pair Tom Wood and Teimana Harrison or Harlequins winger Yarde. Joe Marler is absent after he was hit with a three-week suspension on Wednesday.

Jones has emphasised this is a squad just for their opening Test against Argentina on Nov. 11 and further changes may be made with Australia up on Nov. 18 and Samoa a week later.

"Our first match against Argentina in the Old Mutual Wealth Series is a significant game for England and everything we have been doing in our training camps so far this season has been geared around getting the detail right in our preparation on how we want to play and win against them next month," Jones said.

"This will be the fourth time we have played against Argentina in the last 12 months and the last time we play them before 2019, so we want to make sure our record against them is 4-0."

With Smith and Mercer, at this stage neither will feature in the match day squads this autumn but will be involved in training and preparation.

England squad:

Backs: Brown, Daly, May, Solomona, Watson, Care, Farrell, Ford, Francis, Joseph, Lozowski, Slade, Smith, Youngs.

Forwards: Curry, Ewels, Hughes, Isiekwe, Itoje, Kruis, Launchbury, Lawes, Mercer, Robshaw, Simmonds, Underhill, Cole, Dunn, Genge, George, Hartley, Mullan, M. Vunipola, Williams.

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England call up Simmonds, Haskell out