Harlequins loose-forward Will Skinner will captain the England Saxons at the Barclays Churchill Cup this summer.

Skinner is joined in the squad by Quins back-row colleagues Chris Robshaw and Tom Guest, who have all impressed at The Stoop this season.

Leicester winger Tom Varndell, London Irish scrum-half Paul Hodgson and Gloucester fly-half Ryan Lamb will all travel to North America after missing out on selection for the senior England squad.

Wasps centre Dominic Waldouck, Gloucester's Anthony Allen and Bath winger Matt Banahan have all been rewarded with call-ups.

The 28-man squad, to be coached by Newcastle boss Steve Bates and London Irish forwards specialist Toby Booth, includes nine capped players.

The most experienced of those is Leicester's World Cup hooker George Chuter.

England Saxons squad for Barclays Churchill Cup in USA and Canada next month:

Backs: N Abendanon (Bath), A Allen (Gloucester), M Banahan (Bath), L Dickson (Newcastle), B Foden (Sale Sharks), P Hodgson (London Irish), A Jarvis (Harlequins), R Lamb (Gloucester), U Monye (Harlequins), O Smith (Leicester), T Varndell (Leicester), D Waldouck (Wasps).

Forwards: S Armitage (London Irish), R Blaze (Leicester), A Brown (Gloucester), G Chuter (Leicester), A Clarke (Bristol), J Crane (Leicester), J Forster (Gloucester), T Guest (Harlequins), C Jones (Sale Sharks), N Lloyd (Saracens), C Robshaw (Harlequins), W Skinner (Harlequins, capt), G Skivington (Wasps), A Titterrell (Gloucester), R Webber (Wasps), D Wilson (Newcastle).

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