England’s coach Brian Ashton will be taking a 47 man squad with him to France. Needless to say this is a rather large number. This could be taken as bad preparation by the managers and thus the need for such a large squad.

England’s favorite forward Lawrence Dallaglio is included in this squad. The last time Dallaglio played for England was in the 2006 six nations tournament. Correct me if im wrong but i think this is his 3rd come back into International rugby.

England’s World Cup Squad
Backs: Nick Abendanon, Olly Barkley, Mike Catt, Danny Cipriani, Mark Cueto, Andrew Farrell, Toby Flood, Shane Geraghty, Andrew Gomarsall, Dan Hipkiss, Charlie Hodgson, Josh Lewsey, Olly Morgan, Jamie Noon, Shaun Perry, Peter Richards, Jason Robinson, Paul Sackey, David Strettle, Mathew Tait, Mike Tindall, Fraser Waters, Jonny Wilkinson

Forwards: Steve Borthwick, George Chuter, Martin Corry, Lawrence Dallaglio, Louis Deacon, Nick Easter, Perry Freshwater, James Haskell, Andrew Hazell, Ben Kay, Magnus Lund, Lee Mears, Lewis Moody, Tom Palmer, Tom Rees, Mark Regan, Simon Shaw, Andrew Sheridan, Matt Stevens, Phil Vickery, Dan Ward-Smith, Julian White, Joe Worsley, Kevin Yates

Andrew Sheridan will be looking to make a difference in the forwards for England’s 2007 campaign