Who are England are set to play in the Autumn Internationals? Quilter Nations Series upcoming matches

November is nearly upon us, and with that the promise of more international rugby union matches with the Autumn Internationals getting underway on November 1. AllSportsPeople has all you need to know about the upcoming fixtures. 

What are the Autumn Internationals?

The Autumn Internationals, also known as the Quilter Nations Series, is a series of international rugby union matches that are played during the November international window. Domestic leagues, like the English Gallagher PREM, pause to allow for this series of Test matches.

The matches consist of Northern Hemisphere nations who play against visiting Southern Hemisphere nations. There is no tournament winner for the league, as each of the matches instead stand as individual Test matches.

The competing countries are: England, Ireland, Scotland, the USA, Italy, Wales and France from the Northern Hemisphere, and Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, South Africa, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga visiting from the Southern Hemisphere.

Who is the England squad for the Autumn Internationals?

Although the match-day 23 man squad has not been announced yet for England’s first match against Australia, England Rugby unveiled their three-day 36 man training squad earlier this week.

The squad includes new winger Noah Calouri, who made his PREM debut on the weekend with Saracens, scoring five tries.

Former captain Owen Farrell has been missed off of the squad, as well as Tom Willis, after he has been rendered ineligible following news of his imminent move to France.

England Rugby have also issued a list of those currently going through rehabilitation, which tallies Tom Curry, Elliot Daly, Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, Will Stuart and Maro Itoje.

The full list of the training squad is:

Forwards:

Fin Baxter, Ollie Chessum, Alex Coles, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Chandler Cunningham-South, Theo Dan, Ben Earl, Ellis Genge, Jamie George, Joe Heyes, Emeka Ilione, Maro Itoje, Nick Isiekwe, Asher Opoku-Fordjour, Guy Pepper, Henry Pollock, Bevan Rodd, Will Stuart, Sam Underhill

Backs:

Henry Arundell, Fraser Dingwall, Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, George Ford, Tommy Freeman, Ollie Lawrence, Alex Mitchell, Cadan Murley, Max Ojomoh, Raffi Quirke, Adam Radwan, Tom Roebuck, Henry Slade, Fin Smith, Marcus Smith, Ben Spencer, Freddie Steward

What are England’s fixtures?

England will be reliving the recent British and Irish Lions tour for their first clash, as they face Australia at Twickenham for the inaugural week of the series.

The next weekend will bring another Southern hemisphere team to Twickenham, as England face Fiji.

It will be a clash of titans for the third week, as the All Blacks are England’s next opponents.

Finally, England’s Autumn Series campaign will culminate with a match against Argentina in Twickenham once more to round off a month of Test rugby.

The full list of fixtures is:

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