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Trio are surprise omissions by new head coach Steve BorwickNorthampton fly-half Fin Smith among eye-catching picksBilly Vunipola is among the high-profile casualties of Steve Borthwick’s England squad for the Six Nations, with Jonny May and Jack Nowell also omitted. Vunipola, May and Nowell have 185 caps between them but have been left out of Borthwick’s first selection as head coach.Fin Smith, the Northampton fly-half, is among the eye-catching inclusions – George Ford is absent having still not recovered from an achilles injury – along with fellow uncapped players, London Irish’s Ollie Hassell-Collins, Cadan Murley, Jack Walker and George McGuigan. Dan Cole, Ben Earl and Elliot Daly – who all fell out of favour with Eddie Jones – are also welcomed back, while Leicester’s Dan Kelly and Sale’s Ben Curry, both of whom have just one cap, are other notable selections. Continue reading...