Captain Maro Itoje is back in the England squad, with coach Steve Borthwick naming 36 players for a three-day training camp ahead of the Nations Championship.
The lock was given some time off by Borthwick and missed the July leg of the new tournament, including the defeat to the Springboks at Ellis Park.
Loosehead prop Fin Baxter and centre Joe Marchant also return, as do Will Stuart, Ben Curry, Emmanuel Iyogun, Tom Pearson and Kepueli Tuipulotu.
Scrumhalf Ben Spencer is among those left out, along with Ollie Lawrence, Ted Hill, Vilikesa Sela and Charlie Ewels. Tighthead prop George Kloska and hooker Theo Dan, who both appeared in July, are also missing.
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Seb Atkinson, Immanuel Feyi-Waboso and Guy Pepper are in injury rehab, while Chandler Cunningham-South and South African centre Benhard Janse van Rensburg are not considered due to injury.
Janse van Rensburg, who made his Test debut for England against Fiji in June and also came off the bench against Argentina, has not played since taking a head knock while on Bristol Bears duty on 3 October.
The squad assembled on Sunday and will train at England’s Performance Centre at Pennyhill Park until Tuesday.
England begin their campaign against the Wallabies at Twickenham on 8 November, followed by matches against Japan and the All Blacks.
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England training squad
Forwards: Fin Baxter, Ollie Chessum, Arthur Clark, Alex Coles, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Ben Curry, Tom Curry, Ben Earl, Greg Fisilau, Jamie George, Ellis Genge, Joe Heyes, Maro Itoje, Emmanuel Iyogun, George Martin, Asher Opoku-Fordjour, Tom Pearson, Henry Pollock, Will Stuart, Kepueli Tuipulotu.
Backs: Noah Caluori, Fraser Dingwall, George Ford, Tommy Freeman, George Furbank, Will Joseph, Joe Marchant, Archie McParland, Alex Mitchell, Cadan Murley, Max Ojomoh, Henry Slade, Fin Smith, Marcus Smith, Freddie Steward, Jack van Poortvliet.
Photo: Peter Cziborra/Reuters
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