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Transcripts for BBCNEWS Sportsday 20240604 17:50:00

Owen farrell will captain england at the rugby world cup later this year. that was confirmed this morning as steve borthwick also named a 41 strong training squad for the tournament in france exeter hooker luke cowan dickie misses out with a shoulder injury but that has given an oppofrtunity to saracens theo dan, one of the two uncapped players included. number eight torn willis is the other. there s also a place for 36 year old danny care. with will be one of the scrum halves along with ben youngs and jack van poortvliet. the final 33 man squad will be announced on august seventh. their first game is against argentina on september the 9th world cup preparations, their tough decisions that have to be made in tough decisions brisket players that are not selected in the squad right now. and world cup preparation have ....

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