Former captain Owen Farrell’s two-year absence from the England team is set to continue after he was left out of head coach Steve Borthwick’s initial preparations for the autumn internationals.<\/p>\n
Saracens number eight Tom Willis has also been omitted after his club confirmed he will leave at the end of the season to play in France<\/a> for Bordeaux.<\/p>\n Former England Under-20s captain and Leicester back-rower Emeka Ilione<\/a> has been called up, while 19-year-old Saracens wing Noah Caluori has been invited to join training after scoring five tries on his Premiership debut<\/a> against Sale on Saturday. <\/p>\n Farrell, who has 112 caps, came back into Test eligibility this summer when the 34-year-old rejoined Saracens from French side Racing 92.<\/p>\n An injury to Gloucester’s Seb Atkinson, who started at 12 in both Tests against Argentina in July, could have opened a route back into the set-up for Farrell, who has been deployed in midfield in all four Prem outings this season.<\/p>\n Borthwick, instead, has Northampton’s Fraser Dingwall and Exeter’s Henry Slade as his midfield options along with Bath’s Ollie Lawrence, who has made a quicker recovery than expected from the Achilles tendon injury he suffered against Italy in March.<\/p>\n Tommy Freeman, usually on the wing, started at 13 in England’s 68-14 win over Wales in Cardiff in their final match of the Six Nations and is one of the 37 players, including Caluori, meeting for the three-day training camp at the start of next week.<\/p>\n A 36-strong squad will then be named next weekend for England’s autumn campaign, which comprises meetings with Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and Argentina.<\/p>\n Farrell last played for England in the third-place play-off win over Argentina at the 2023 Rugby World Cup.<\/p>\n