Brian Ashton, l'entraîneur de l'équipe d'angleterre a présenté une liste élargie des sélectionnés pour la coupe du monde de rugby.
Arrières : Nick Abendanon (Bath), Olly Barkley (Bath), Mike Catt (London Irish), Danny Cipriani (Wasps), Mark Cueto (Sale), Andrew Farrell (Saracens), Toby Flood (Newcastle), Shane Geraghty (London Irish), Andrew Gomarsall (Harlequins), Dan Hipkiss (Leicester), Charlie Hodgson (Sale), Josh Lewsey (Wasps), Olly Morgan (Gloucester), Jamie Noon (Newcastle), Shaun Perry (Bristol), Peter Richards (Gloucester), Jason Robinson (Sale), Paul Sackey (Wasps), David Strettle (Harlequins), Mathew Tait (Newcastle), Mike Tindall (Gloucester), Fraser Waters (Wasps), Jonny Wilkinson (Newcastle)
Avants : Steve Borthwick (Bath), George Chuter (Leicester), Martin Corry (Leicester), Lawrence Dallaglio (Wasps), Louis Deacon (Leicester), Nick Easter (Harlequins), Perry Freshwater (Perpignan/FRA), James Haskell (Wasps), Andrew Hazell (Gloucester), Ben Kay (Leicester), Magnus Lund (Sale), Lee Mears (Bath), Lewis Moody (Leicester), Tom Palmer (Wasps), Tom Rees (Wasps), Mark Regan (Bristol), Simon Shaw (Wasps), Andrew Sheridan (Sale), Matt Stevens (Bath), Phil Vickery (Wasps), Dan Ward-Smith (Bristol), Julian White (Leicester), Joe Worsley (Wasps), Kevin Yates (Saracens)
Cette liste sera réduite à 30 joueurs en aout.
Equipe d'Angleterre