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Three Exeter Chiefs players named in England squad this weekend

Luke Cowan-Dickie, Sam Simmonds and Harry Williams have all been included in Eddie Jones' England squad to face France this weekend.

Jones' side head into the fixture with two wins and a loss from their opening three matches as they sit second in the NatWest 6 Nations table behind Ireland.

Exeter Chiefs winger Jack Nowell has returned to Devon following his ankle injury picked up in training. Meanwhile, Prop Harry Williams will be monitored in the lead up to the fixture.

Speaking ahead of the game Steve Borthwick, Englands forward coach, says: "We've got a couple of knocks and players have returned to their clubs."

"Jack Nowell has rolled his ankle that he injured previously earlier on this season and returned to the club this morning for further investigation.

"In addition to that, we've got a couple of guys who have some muscle tightness so Dylan Hartley in the leg and Harry Williams (Exeter Chiefs) in his neck. So what that has meant is Luke Cowan-Dickie was called up yesterday and trained with the squad fully this morning and Kyle Sinckler is in the squad as he was last week in Oxford.

"Both Dylan and Harry will be monitored on a daily basis and see how that develops." 

Full squad:

Backs
 
Mike Brown (Harlequins)

Danny Care (Harlequins)

Elliot Daly (Wasps)

Owen Farrell (Saracens)

George Ford (Leicester Tigers)

Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby)

Jonny May (Leicester Tigers)

Denny Solomona (Sale Sharks)

Ben Te’o (Worcester Warriors)

Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby)

Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens)

Forwards

Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers)

Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs)  

Jamie George (Saracens)

Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints)

James Haskell (Wasps)

Nathan Hughes (Wasps)

Maro Itoje (Saracens)

George Kruis (Saracens)

Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints)

Joe Launchbury (Wasps)

Joe Marler (Harlequins)

Chris Robshaw (Harlequins)

Sam Simmonds (Exeter Chiefs)

Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins)

Mako Vunipola (Saracens)

Harry Williams (Exeter Chiefs) 

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