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Elliot Daly will not play for England against the Barbarians at Twickenham on Sunday after being omitted from Eddie Jones’ 32-man training squad due to injury. The Saracens utility back took

an active part in England’s two previous camps but was unable to train with the squad after reporting back to their base in south-west London this week and was subsequently not considered

for the autumn curtain-raiser. Jones, the head coach, was also unable to include any players from Bristol Bears, such as Kyle Sinckler, Ben Earl and Max Malins, as they are on standby to

play in the Gallagher Premiership final against Exeter Chiefs on Saturday if Wasps have to forfeit their place at Twickenham due to a coronavirus outbreak. The 60-year-old has retained Ollie

Lawrence, the Worcester Warriors centre, who is in contention for the midfield in the absence of Manu Tuilagi, absent after surgery on his achilles tendon. Jones said that Lawrence, 21, had

the power to excel in international rugby. “He’s got a great attitude and he knows what he has to do to be a Test player,” he said. “The opportunity could come for him. [He] has got power

and the game is very much about power at the moment. We saw the influence [All Blacks winger] Caleb Clarke had on the Test match [between New Zealand and Australia] last Saturday.

Advertisement “Particularly for outside backs, you need at least one of those powerful players. Previously we have had Manu, so Ollie has an opportunity there to show his worth.” With the

Gallagher Premiership final on Saturday, the Exeter Chiefs players who beat Racing 92 to win the Champions Cup last week are not included but Jones said that he was looking “very closely” at

who to include from the club, with Joe Simmonds, the fly half and captain, 23, under consideration. Jones has recalled Piers Francis after the Northampton Saints centre tested positive for

Covid-19 and was forced to spend a fortnight in isolation. Francis’ return comes at the expense of Tom de Glanville, the Bath utility back who was drafted into a senior England training

squad for the first time. Jones is persisting with three scrum halves in the camp with Ben Youngs and Willi Heinz, who were part of his World Cup and Six Nations squads, joined by Alex

Mitchell from Northampton. Daly will miss out on facing a Barbarians team that contains 11 of his Saracens team-mates, including Richard Wigglesworth, Jackson Wray, Manu Vunipola and Sean

Maitland. The England squad contains six Saracens, with Owen Farrell likely to be reappointed as captain. Advertisement “Elliot has had a bump on his leg for a good period of time,” Jones

said. “It hasn’t really worried him and it hasn’t really worried him and he’s trained. We’re not sure what’s wrong so we’re going to get some tests done and we’ll wait and see what the

answer is. I’d rather not say which part of his leg, let’s just wait and see. We’ll do all the various tests and he will see a consultant and then we’ll have a pretty good idea of where he’s

at. Jones is unable to pick the likes of Earl as Bristol could still feature in Saturday’s Premiership final PA England face the Barbarians on Sunday and then, on October 31, head to Rome

to play Italy for the delayed Six Nations ‘Super Saturday’ when the title will be decided. After a slow start, losing to France, England head into the final round of matches on top of the

table and favourites to win a third title in five years. England will then enjoy a week off before playing the Autumn Nations Cup, with matches against Georgia and Ireland at home before

travelling to Wales. They would then face one of France, Scotland, Italy or Fiji on December 6. ENGLAND V BARBARIANS _Sunday 26 October_ KICK-OFF: 2pm TV: Sky Sports Arena Advertisement

ENGLAND SQUAD TO FACE BARBARIANS BACKS Ali Crossdale (Saracens), Fraser Dingwall (Northampton Saints), Owen Farrell (Saracens), George Ford (Leicester Tigers), Piers Francis (Northampton

Saints), George Furbank (Northampton Saints), Willi Heinz (Gloucester), Jonathan Joseph (Bath), Ollie Lawrence (Worcester Warriors), Joe Marchant (Harlequins), Jonny May (Gloucester), Alex

Mitchell (Northampton Saints), Ollie Thorley (Gloucester), Anthony Watson (Bath), Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers). FORWARDS Tom Curry (Sale Sharks), Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins), Tom Dunn

(Bath), Charlie Ewels (Bath), Ellis Genge (Leicester Tigers), Jamie George (Saracens), Joe Heyes (Leicester Tigers), Ted Hill (Worcester Warriors), Maro Itoje (Saracens), Alex Moon

(Northampton Saints), Beno Obano (Bath), David Ribbans (Northampton Saints), Will Stuart (Bath), Sam Underhill (Bath), Billy Vunipola (Saracens), Mako Vunipola (Saracens), Mark Wilson

(Newcastle Falcons).