Sussex trio Joe Marler, Billy Twelvetrees and Joe Launchbury have been named in the England squad for the three-Test tour of New Zealand next month.
Twelvetrees has an ankle injury and is fighting to be fit for the first Test on June 7.
Harlequins trio Rob Buchanan, Luke Wallace and Charlie Matthews, who all have Sussex links, are in the England squad for the June 1 game against the Barbarians.
England initial 30-man squad for New Zealand Tour - Forwards: D Attwood (Bath), K Brookes (Newcastle Falcons), L Cowan-Dickie (Exeter), J Gray (Harlequins), J Haskell (Wasps), T Johnson (Exeter), M Kvesic (Gloucester), J Launchbury (Wasps), J Marler (Harlequins), M Mullan (Wasps), B Morgan (Gloucester), G Parling (Leicester), C Robshaw (Harlequins) E Slater (Leicester), D Ward (Harlequins), R Webber, D Wilson (both Bath), H Thomas (Sale). Backs: F Burns (Gloucester) M Brown, D Care (both Harlequins), D Cipriani (Sale), K Eastmond (Bath), J May (Gloucester), C Pennell (Worcester), H Trinder (Gloucester), M Tuilagi (Leicester), B Twelvetrees (Gloucester), M Yarde (London Irish), B Youngs (Leicester).
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