Fourie, Care, Hodgson, Hape and Tindall in England squad to tour Down Under

LEEDS CARNEGIE'S player of the season Hendre Fourie has been named in Martin Johnson's England squad for the summer tour to Australia and New Zealand.

South African-born Fourie forced his way into the training squad during the Six Nations earlier this year and his impressive performances have earned the 30-year-old back row forward a place in the squad.

Leeds-born Danny Care, the Harlequins scrum-half, is expected to continue at No 9 for England, while Halifax-born Charlie Hodgson has forced his way back into the team after his sterling performances for Sale in recent months.

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Otley-born England World Cup winner Mike Tindall is also back in the squad.

And Shontayne Hape, the New Zealand-born former rugby league player, who played for Bradford Bulls in Super League, has been selected following his performances for Bath.

In addition, former Leeds academy product Rob Webber, now at Wasps, has been named in Johnson's England squad.

And former Sedbergh School pupil James Simpson-Daniel, now at Gloucester, has been named in the Saxons squad for the forthcoming Churchill Cup.

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England squad for five-match tour of Australia and New Zealand in June.

Backs: D Armitage (London Irish), C Ashton (Northampton), M Banahan (Bath), O Barkley (Bath), D Care (Harlequins), M Cueto (Sale Sharks), T Flood (Leicester), B Foden (Northampton), S Geraghty (Northampton), S Hape (Bath), C Hodgson (Sale Sharks), U Monye (Harlequins), J Simpson (Wasps), D Strettle (Harlequins), M Tait (Sale Sharks), M Tindall (Gloucester), D Waldouck (Wasps), R Wigglesworth (Sale Sharks), J Wilkinson (Toulon), B Youngs (Leicester).

Forwards: S Armitage (London Irish), D Attwood (Gloucester), D Cole (Leicester), T Croft (Leicester), P Doran-Jones (Gloucester), N Easter (Harlequins), D Flatman (Bath), H Fourie (Leeds Carnegie), J Golding (Newcastle), D Hartley (Northampton), J Haskell (Stade Francais), C Lawes (Northampton), L Mears (Bath), L Moody (Leicester), T Palmer (Stade Francais), G Parling (Leicester), T Payne (Wasps), C Robshaw (Harlequins), S Shaw (Wasps), S Thompson (Brive), D Ward-Smith (Wasps), R Webber (Wasps), D Wilson (Bath), J Worsley (Wasps).

England Saxons squad for Churchill Cup in June.

Backs: N Abendanon (Bath), A Allen (Leicester), B Barritt (Saracens), J Clarke (Northampton), A Goode (Saracens), P Hodgson (London Irish), S Myler (Northampton), J Simpson-Daniel (Gloucester), O Smith (Montpellier), T Varndell (Wasps), M Young (Newcastle).

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Forwards: D Bell (Bath), N Catt (Bath), A Corbisiero (London Irish), P Dowson (Northampton), G Kitchener (Worcester), S Hooper (Bath), T Lindsay (Wasps), L Narraway (Gloucester), D Paice (London Irish), T Rees (Wasps), A Saull (Saracens), G Skivington (Wasps), R Vickers (Newcastle), N Wood (Gloucester), T Wood (Worcester).