Vunipola gets first England call-up (From Enfield Independent)

Six Saracens players are called up to the England squad ahead of first autumn international against Fiji

10:00am Thursday 25th October 2012 in Sport By Tom Allnutt

Six Saracens players have been selected in the England squad for the first QBE International against Fiji.

Mouritz Botha, Mako Vunipola, Chris Ashton, Brad Barritt, Owen Farrell and Alex Goode have all been called up to the 32-man squad.

It is Vunipola's first call-up to the senior squad and Stuart Lancaster said he was excited by the youngster's form for Saracens.

Lancaster said: “It’s great to be able to give Mako a chance in the squad. He has come through our age grade sides and made a real impact at Saracens."

England take on Fiji at Twickenham on November 10.

ENGLAND SQUAD FOR QBE INTERNATIONALS 

FORWARDS (17)

Mouritz Botha (Saracens)

Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers)

James Haskell (London Wasps)

Phil Dowson (Northampton Saints)

Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints)

Tom Johnson (Exeter Chiefs)

Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints)

Joe Marler (Harlequins)

Ben Morgan (Gloucester Rugby)

Tom Palmer (London Wasps)

Geoff Parling (Leicester Tigers)

Chris Robshaw (Harlequins)

Mako Vunipola (Saracens)

Thomas Waldrom (Leicester Tigers)

David Wilson (Bath Rugby)

Tom Wood (Northampton Saints)

Tom Youngs (Leicester Tigers)

BACKS (15)

Anthony Allen (Leicester Tigers)

Chris Ashton (Saracens)

Brad Barritt (Saracens)

Mike Brown (Harlequins)

Danny Care (Harlequins)

Lee Dickson (Northampton Saints)

Owen Farrell (Saracens)

Toby Flood (Leicester Tigers)

Alex Goode (Saracens)

Jonathan Joseph (London Irish)

Ugo Monye (Harlequins)

Charlie Sharples (Gloucester Rugby)

Manusamoa Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers)

Jordan Turner-Hall (Harlequins)

Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers)