Daly to miss England tour to attend birth of first child

LONDON : Saracens back Elliot Daly will miss England's three test matches in Japan and New Zealand to be with his wife as she prepares to have their first child, the RFU said on Monday.

Coach Steve Borthwick has named a 33-player training squad to continue preparations for the matches against Japan in Tokyo on June 22 and the All Blacks in Dunedin on July 6 and Auckland on July 13.

The squad, which does not include players involved in Saturday's Premiership final between Northampton and Bath, will assemble at Pennyhill Park on Tuesday for a four-day training camp. Borthwick will name his final tour squad on June 10.

Forwards:

Fin Baxter (Harlequins)

Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers)

Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins)

Ben Curry (Sale Sharks)

Tom Curry (Sale Sharks)

Theo Dan (Saracens)

Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins)

Ben Earl (Saracens)

Greg Fisilau (Exeter Chiefs)

Jamie George (Saracens)

Joe Heyes (Leicester Tigers)

Nick Isiekwe (Saracens)

Maro Itoje (Saracens)

Joe Marler (Harlequins)

George Martin (Leicester Tigers)

Gabriel Oghre (Bristol Bears)

Bevan Rodd (Sale Sharks)

Ethan Roots (Exeter Chiefs)

Rusi Tuima (Exeter Chiefs)

Tom Willis (Saracens)Backs:

Charlie Atkinson (Gloucester Rugby)

Joe Carpenter (Sale Sharks)

Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (Exeter Chiefs)

George Ford (Sale Sharks)

Max Malins (Bristol Bears)

Luke Northmore (Harlequins)

Raffi Quirke (Sale Sharks)

Harry Randall (Bristol Bears)

Tom Roebuck (Sale Sharks)

Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs)

Marcus Smith (Harlequins)

Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers)

Jack van Poortvliet (Leicester Tigers)