Haskell handed England call-up

Uncapped Wasps flanker James Haskell has been named in a 28-man England training squad for the RBS 6 Nations clash against title favourites France at Twickenham.

Haskell will join 21 of the players on duty when England were crushed by Ireland at Croke Park last weekend - injured Gloucester full-back Olly Morgan is the exception - plus Mark Cueto, Jason Robinson, Mike Catt, Tim Payne, Steve Borthwick and Nick Easter.

England head coach Brian Ashton will monitor the progress of wing Robinson (neck) and flanker Magnus Lund (concussion).

Bath captain Borthwick will put pressure on the second-row pairing of Louis Deacon and Danny Grewcock to face France on Sunday week, while Sale Sharks wing Cueto could feature in England colours for the first time since Andy Robinson's last game as coach against South Africa more than three months ago.

Injuries have sidelined Cueto - scorer of 13 tries in 18 Tests - since the Springboks encounter, but he recently returned to action with his club.