Harlequins’ Cadan Murley and Sale Sharks’ Tom Curry have been called up to the England squad ahead of their Test match against Eddie Jones’ Japan at Twickenham on Sunday.
The pair will replace full back Elliot Daly (Saracens) and lock Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby) with the former being left out due to an unknown injury.
England succumbed to their third defeat in a row in the Autumn Nations Series last weekend, and fifth in succession, as world champions South Africa held them off in a 29-20 victory, with Daly not playing in that fixture.
England wing Immanuel Feyi-Waboso remains ruled out with the concussion he suffered while trying to prevent Australia from scoring a try in the 50th minute of the 42-37 defeat earlier this month.
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England’s 36-player squad
Forwards: Fin Baxter (Harlequins), Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers), Alex Coles (Northampton Saints), Luke Cowan-Dickie (Sale Sharks), Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins), Ben Curry (Sale Sharks), Tom Curry (Sale Sharks), Theo Dan (Saracens), Trevor Davison (Northampton Saints), Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins), Ben Earl (Saracens), Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears), Jamie George (Saracens), Ted Hill (Bath Rugby), Nick Isiekwe (Saracens), Maro Itoje (Saracens), George Martin (Leicester Tigers), Asher Opoku-Fordjour (Sale Sharks), Will Stuart (Bath Rugby), Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby).
Backs: George Ford (Sale Sharks), Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints), George Furbank (Northampton Saints), Ollie Lawrence (Bath Rugby), Alex Lozowski (Saracens), Cadan Murley (Harlequins), Luke Northmore (Harlequins), Harry Randall (Bristol Bears), Tom Roebuck (Sale Sharks), Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs), Ollie Sleightholme (Northampton Saints), Fin Smith (Northampton Saints), Marcus Smith (Harlequins), Ben Spencer (Bath Rugby), Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers), Jack van Poortvliet (Leicester Tigers).