Rugby-England without injured Mitchell for Nations Championship matches

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Nov 2 (Reuters) - England coach ⁠SteveBorthwick named a 36-player squad without scrumhalf Alex Mitchell ⁠on Monday for November's Nations Championship fixtures against Australia, ‌Japan and New Zealand.

• Mitchell misses out with a hamstring injury sustained playing for Northampton Saints at the weekend. Ben Spencer and Harry Randall are in ​the squad instead

• Flyhalf Fin Smith has ⁠been included despite missing England's ⁠recent three-day training camp, with George Ford and Marcus Smith also ⁠included ‌as options at number 10

• Wing ImmanuelFeyi-Waboso has been selected despite question marks over his fitness, while centre ⁠Seb Atkinson also gets the nod after passing ​a fitness test

• "These ‌fixtures take on added significance this autumn as they ⁠represent our final ​opportunity to face southern hemisphere opposition before next year's Rugby World Cup,"Borthwick said in a statement

• England host Australia on November 8 ⁠ahead of a meeting with Japan six ​days later. They take on New Zealand in their final pool game on November 21 before the Nations Championship finals matches the ⁠following weekend

• Forwards: Fin Baxter, OllieChessum, Arthur Clark, Alex Coles, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Ben Curry, Tom Curry, Theo Dan, Ben Earl, Greg Fisilau, Jamie George, Ellis Genge, Joe Heyes, Maro Itoje, Emmanuel Iyogun, ​George Martin, Asher Opoku-Fordjour, Tom Pearson, Henry ⁠Pollock, Will Stuart

• Backs: Seb Atkinson, FraserDingwall, Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, George Ford, ​Tommy Freeman, George Furbank, Will Joseph, Joe ‌Marchant, Cadan Murley, Harry Randall, Henry ​Slade, Fin Smith, Marcus Smith, Ben Spencer, Freddie Steward, Jack van Poortvliet

(Reporting by Nick SaidEditing by Christian Radnedge)

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11 月 2 日（路透社）——英格兰队主教练史蒂夫·博斯威克周一公布了 36 人名单，其中不包括半场卫亚历克斯·米切尔，他们将参加 11 月份与澳大利亚、日本和新西兰的欧洲国家锦标赛。

米切尔因周末代表北安普顿圣徒队比赛时腿筋受伤而缺席。本·斯宾塞和哈里·兰德尔将顶替他进入球队名单。

• 尽管缺席了英格兰队最近为期三天的训练营，但飞锋芬·史密斯仍然入​​选了名单，乔治·福特和马库斯·史密斯也被列入10号位备选名单。

尽管伊曼纽尔·费伊-瓦博索的身体状况存疑，但他仍然入选了球队；中锋塞布·阿特金森在通过体能测试后也获得了入选资格。

博斯威克在一份声明中表示：“今年秋季的这些比赛意义非凡，因为这是我们在明年橄榄球世界杯之前与南半球对手交锋的最后机会。”

• 英格兰将于11月8日主场迎战澳大利亚，六天后与日本交锋。11月21日，他们将在小组赛最后一场对阵新西兰，随后在接下来的周末参加国家锦标赛决赛。

前锋：Fin Baxter、OllieChessum、Arthur Clark、Alex Coles、Luke Cowan-Dickie、Ben Curry、Tom Curry、Theo Dan、Ben Earl、Greg Fisilau、Jamie George、Ellis Genge、Joe Heyes、Maro Itoje、Emmanuel Iyogun、George Martin、Asher Opoku-Fordjour、Tom Pearson、Henry ⁠Pollock、Will Stuart

后卫：塞布·阿特金森、弗雷泽·丁沃尔、伊曼纽尔·费伊-瓦博索、乔治·福特、汤米·弗里曼、乔治·弗班克、威尔·约瑟夫、乔·马钱特、卡丹·默里、哈里·兰德尔、亨利·斯莱德、芬·史密斯、马库斯·史密斯、本·斯宾塞、弗雷迪·斯图尔德、杰克·范·波特弗利特

（尼克·赛义德报道，克里斯蒂安·拉德内奇编辑）

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