England squad

I do trust the Poms have put togeter a reasonable squad so they can hammer the wee abs again. It doesnt have to be brilliant Poms as the abs are there for the taking. 

Could lady Becs please advise us what to expect. And please Becs no blushing false modesty just the facts.

Ex Planet Rugby

Dave Ewers , Henry Slade and Thomas Waldrom are among the additions to England's training squad for the upcoming November internationals.

The Exeter Chiefs trio come in as injury cover for James Haskell (Wasps), Luther Burrell (Northampton) and Billy Vunipola (Saracens).

Burrell is remaining with Saints for specialist assessment on his injured right hand on Monday and Tuesday while Vunipola will undergo the return to play protocol in camp after suffering concussion in Saracens' game at Munster on Friday. Haskell is still getting over a viral infection and, with Will Fraser (Saracens) also suffering a concussion, Ewers comes in.

Ben Foden (Northampton Saints), Matt Kvesic (Gloucester Rugby), Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby) and Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens) will also train with the squad as cover for the players involved in Sunday's European games.

Henry Thomas (Bath Rugby) and Alex Waller (Northampton Saints) have been added as cover for David Wilson and Joe Marler, who have calf and thigh injuries respectively, and will have limited training this week. Both are expected to be fit by the weekend.

Tom Wood has remained in Northampton with his wife pending the birth of their third child and will join the squad later this week.

"We always anticipated bringing in additional players following the European games, either to cover injuries or for training," said England Head Coach Stuart Lancaster.

"Luther will be assessed by a specialist over the next 48 hours and our medics are in close contact with Saints so we'll know more in a few days but it's great to be able to bring in Henry (Slade). Billy (Vunipola) will undergo the return to play protocol with us and will resume training once he has completed that.

"Injuries are inevitable but we are excited about the group we have in camp. We are raring to go and looking forward to getting out on the training pitch tomorrow."

England Squad (41)

Loosehead props
Joe Marler (Harlequins), Matt Mullan (Wasps), Alex Waller (Northampton Saints)

Tighthead props
Kieran Brookes (Newcastle Falcons), Henry Thomas (Bath Rugby), David Wilson (Bath Rugby)

Hookers
Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints), Rob Webber (Bath Rugby)

Locks
Dave Attwood (Bath Rugby), George Kruis (Saracens), Joe Launchbury (Wasps), Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints)

Back-rows
Calum Clark (Northampton Saints), Dave Ewers (Exeter Chiefs), James Haskell (Wasps), Matt Kvesic (Gloucester Rugby), Ben Morgan (Gloucester Rugby), Chris Robshaw (Harlequins, captain), Billy Vunipola (Saracens), Thomas Waldrom (Exeter Chiefs), Tom Wood (Northampton Saints)

Scrum-halves
Danny Care (Harlequins), Lee Dickson (Northampton Saints), Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers), Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens)

Fly-halves
Owen Farrell (Saracens), George Ford (Bath Rugby), Stephen Myler (Northampton Saints)

Centres
Brad Barritt (Saracens), Kyle Eastmond (Bath Rugby), Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby), Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs), Billy Twelvetrees (Gloucester Rugby)

Back-threes
Mike Brown (Harlequins), Ben Foden (Northampton Saints), Alex Goode (Saracens), Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby), Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs), Semesa Rokoduguni (Bath Rugby), Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby), Marland Yarde (Harlequins)

The biggest test for Lancaster is whether he is going to continue with Farrell, he is much in the mould of Morne Steyn, rather predictable yet consistent.

I have heard some good things about Myler, the question is will Lancaster deviate and take a chance? 

England last year looked full of running, but their skills let them down badly, their decision making on attack also lacked the smarts to recognise the space.

I think they will be strong opposition to SA, OZ and NZ, it will be interesting to see how things unfold, the best omission from the squad is Ashton, defensively he is a revolving door.

The Boks are making all the right noises, I read that de Villiers said they spent time on conditioning and attack, that they are starting fresh, they must win all their matches in November.

My concerns are that Jannie and Beast have not been in brilliant form during the RC, I think they are suffering from fatigue and too much rugby.

So, who is going to be Meyer's front row, or wi ll he continue to play them into the ground?

Vicki must go, but who do you put in his place?

Lood had a great SUper XV, but he wasn't all that hot in the RC, Lewies had one go at the cherry, will Meyer select him? Eben is not in his best form, will he step up?

Who will be the backrow, I worry about Mohoje, but it seems Meyer is now playing the politics as well, as decent as Mohoje is, he is not our best 7.

There are a number of questions to be answered and we will only know when the run on teams are announced.

Are we going to win, I bloody well hope so.