Kvesic, Botha and Monye called by England

Matt Kvesic, Mouritz Botha and Ugo Monye have been called up to the England training squad to prepare for the RBS 6 Nations last night.
The Worcester back row reported to the camp in Leeds last night as injury cover for Exeter’s Tom Johnson, who suffered a knee injury in the Chiefs’ defeat to Leinster at Sandy Park on Saturday, while the Saracens lock will arrive today in place of Northampton‘s Calum Clark, who sustained a shoulder injury in Glasgow on Saturday.
Johnson and Clark will remain at their clubs for treatment.
Quins winger Monye will join the squad as cover while players competing in the weekend’s Heineken Cup are assessed by the England medical team.
As a result from Kvesic’s promotion to the EPS, Jamie Gibson of London Irish replaces him in the Saxons squad for their games against Ireland Wolfhounds in Galway on Friday and Scotland A at Kingston Park, Newcastle seven days later.
Also included are Harlequins’ Rob Buchanan, Gloucester’s Nick Wood, Saracens’ George Kruis, Leicester Tigers‘ prop Kieran Brookes for the injured David Paice (London Irish), Nathan Catt (Bath Rugby), Tom Palmer (London Wasps) and Henry Thomas (Sale Sharks) respectively, while Jordan Crane (Leicester Tigers) replaces Billy Vunipola (London Wasps) who is training with the Senior squad.
The Saxons meet at Surrey Sports Park today with a reduced squad before flying to Galway on Thursday.
Head Coach Jon Callard said: “Rather than take the whole squad into camp we have cut it down to really focus on this young and dynamic group who’ve been in good form this season and have got lots to offer England in the future.
“Both games provide us with a really tough test and will be a great way to measure their potential and progress.”
England Saxons training squad: Tom Biggs (Bath Rugby), Kieran Brookes (Leicester Tigers), Rob Buchanan (Harlequins), Jordan Crane (Leicester Tigers), Elliot Daly (London Wasps), Paul Doran-Jones (Northampton Saints), Kyle Eastmond (Bath Rugby), George Ford (Leicester Tigers), Will Fraser (Saracens), Joe Gray (Harlequins), Jamie Gibson (London Irish), George Lowe (Harlequins), Graham Kitchener (Leicester Tigers), Shaun Knight (Gloucester Rugby), George Kruis (Saracens), Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby), Matt Mullan (Worcester Warriors), George Robson (Harlequins), Joe Simpson (London Wasps), Ed Slater (Leicester Tigers), Joel Tomkins (Saracens), Jordan Turner-Hall (Harlequins), Christian Wade (London Wasps), Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens), Nick Wood (Gloucester Rugby).