Rugby World Cup 2011: Johnson omits Flutey from England squad

mrblack0301 Sun Oct 30, 2011 11:34 pm

England have left out centre Riki Flutey and included his uncapped Wasps team-mate, scrum-half Joe Simpson, in their 30-man World Cup squad.

Flutey's omission was the biggest surprise in a party that includes only two specialist fly-halves in Toby Flood and Jonny Wilkinson.

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The loss of Danny Care last week persuaded manager Martin Johnson to take three scrum-halves, with Simpson joining Ben Youngs and Richard Wigglesworth.

Flutey lost out to Shontayne Hape, Mike Tindall, Manu Tuilagi and Matt Banahan among the centre options.

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