WORCESTER-born Luke Narraway has been dropped from the England 22 that will travel to Paris this weekend to face France in the RBS Six Nations.
The former King's School student, who plays for Guinness Premiership leaders Gloucester, started the opening game of the tournament in the defeat to Wales and came off the bench in the victory over Italy.
But Narraway has now dropped out of the 22 completely with his place going to Tom Croft, meanwhile former Worcester Warriors scrum-half Andy Gomarsall is also axed from the squad with his starting place going to Sale Sharks' Richard Wigglesworth and London Irish's Paul Hodgson is on the bench.
England team to face France: I Balshaw (Gloucester); P Sackey (Wasps), J Noon (Newcastle), T Flood (Newcastle), L Vainikolo (Gloucester); J Wilkinson (Newcastle), R Wigglesworth (Sale Sharks); A Sheridan (Sale Sharks), M Regan (Bristol), P Vickery (Wasps, capt), S Shaw (Wasps), S Borthwick (Bath), J Haskell (Wasps), M Lipman (Bath), N Easter (Harlequins). Replacements: L Mears (Bath), M Stevens (Bath), B Kay (Leicester), T Croft (Leicester), P Hodgson (London Irish), D Cipriani (Wasps), M Tait (Newcastle).
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