Farrell not considered for England tour

Coach Steve Borthwick says he will let Owen Farrell to settee backmost into life astatine Saracens this summer, alternatively than calling him up for an contiguous return to England duty.

Farrell, 33, has signed a two-year woody pinch Premiership broadside Saracens, ending his stint astatine French broadside Racing 92 and bringing him backmost into England reckoning.

This July, Borthwick's broadside will return connected Argentina distant successful 2 Tests earlier a one-off lucifer against nan United States successful Washington.

They will do truthful without 13 first-choice players who person been selected for nan British and Irish Lions circuit of Australia.

However, Borthwick says he won't unreserved Farrell, who has 112 appearances for England, backmost to fortify nan squad.

While nan knowledgeable George Ford is connected tour, uncapped Charlie Atkinson is nan back-up master fly-half. Farrell tin besides play successful midfield, wherever England are without nan injured Ollie Lawrence and Fraser Dingwall

"No, he wasn't portion of nan plan," said Borthwick, erstwhile asked by Rugby Union Weekly whether Farrell had been nether information for nan summer.

"Owen has been connected grounds saying he conscionable wants to get backmost playing and get settled pinch his family backmost successful Hertfordshire, and we wish him each nan champion pinch that."

Borthwick, who captained Farrell astatine Saracens astatine nan tail extremity of his ain career, said he had been successful regular interaction pinch him during a spell successful Paris which was blighted by wounded and upheaval among nan club's coaching staff.

England person a argumentation of only selecting those playing their nine rugby wrong nan country.

Farrell's Racing team-mate Henry Arundell is besides moving backmost to nan Premiership adjacent season, having agreed a move to champions Bath.

"Hopefully location will beryllium much players coming backmost because we want our convention to beryllium nan strongest and nan very best," said Borthwick.

Uncapped Gloucester tight-head prop Afolabi Fasogbon has been added to nan squad successful spot of Northampton's Emmanuel Iyogun, who has a calf injury.

Fasogbon, 20, was portion of nan England Under-20s squad that won nan World Championship successful 2024.

Meanwhile France flanker Cameron Woki has been cleared to play instantly aft a foul-play reappraisal committee ruled that he should not person been sent disconnected successful nan win complete an England XV astatine Allianz Stadium connected Saturday.

Woki was shown a yellowish paper aft he made interaction pinch Jamie George's caput while clearing a ruck early successful nan 2nd half, which tv lucifer charismatic Mike Adamson reviewed and upgraded to a 20-minute reddish card.

However a three-person panel, portion of a caller streamlined disciplinary process being trialled for nan first time, reassessed nan incident and disagreed that Woki's action constituted a precocious grade of danger.

Woki has been named successful nan France squad for a three-Test bid against New Zealand this summer. Leinster's seasoned prop Rabah Slimani, who appeared successful a France garment for nan first clip successful astir six years astatine Twickenham astatine nan weekend, is besides included.

Up to 5 players from Toulouse and Bordeaux-Begles, who are contesting this weekend's Top 14 final, tin beryllium added to nan squad later arsenic portion of an statement betwixt French federation and their top-flight clubs.