Lawrence and Daly lose England central contracts as Borthwick looks to World Cup

• Duo are notable omissions from England’s 25-man list

• Alex Coles and Asher Opoku-Fordjour both included

Ollie Lawrence and Elliot Daly have both lost their central contracts, with Steve Borthwick omitting the pair from his 25-man squad a year before England’s World Cup campaign begins.

Neither Lawrence nor Daly – who was nursing an arm injury – featured in the three Nations Championship matches this summer but both played during the Six Nations and are the standout exclusions from Borthwick’s selections which point towards his thinking for the World Cup squad next year.