Lock Danny Grewcock has been omitted from the initial squad. A decision on whether he will appeal against his ban for striking an opponent in the European Challenge Cup final will be made later today. The ban lasts from August 4th to September 15th and means that Grewcock would miss England’s three World Cup warm-up matches and their opening World Cup games against the USA and South Africa.

England RWC 2007 Preliminary Training Squad (47)

Forwards (24)
Steve Borthwick (Bath Rugby)
George Chuter (Leicester Tigers)
Martin Corry (Leicester Tigers)
Lawrence Dallaglio (London Wasps)
Louis Deacon (Leicester Tigers)
Nick Easter (NEC Harlequins)
Perry Freshwater (Perpignan)
James Haskell (London Wasps)
Andrew Hazell (Gloucester Rugby)
Ben Kay (Leicester Tigers)
Magnus Lund (Sale Sharks)
Lee Mears (Bath Rugby)
Lewis Moody (Leicester Tigers)
Tom Palmer (London Wasps)
Tom Rees (London Wasps)
Mark Regan (Bristol Rugby)
Simon Shaw (London Wasps)
Andrew Sheridan (Sale Sharks)
Matt Stevens (Bath Rugby)
Phil Vickery (London Wasps)
Dan Ward-Smith (Bristol Rugby)
Julian White (Leicester Tigers)
Joe Worsley (London Wasps)
Kevin Yates (Saracens)

Backs (23)
Nick Abendanon (Bath Rugby)
Olly Barkley (Bath Rugby)
Mike Catt (London Irish)
Danny Cipriani (London Wasps)
Mark Cueto (Sale Sharks)
Andrew Farrell (Saracens)
Toby Flood (Newcastle Falcons)
Shane Geraghty (London Irish)
Andrew Gomarsall (NEC Harlequins)
Dan Hipkiss (Leicester Tigers)
Charlie Hodgson (Sale Sharks)
Josh Lewsey (London Wasps)
Olly Morgan (Gloucester Rugby)
Jamie Noon (Newcastle Falcons)
Shaun Perry (Bristol Rugby)
Peter Richards (Gloucester Rugby)
Jason Robinson (Sale Sharks)
Paul Sackey (London Wasps)
David Strettle (NEC Harlequins)
Mathew Tait (Newcastle Falcons)
Mike Tindall (Gloucester Rugby)
Fraser Waters (London Wasps)
Jonny Wilkinson (Newcastle Falcons)