Former Sharks centre Bradley Barritt has been included in new England coach Stuart Lancaster’s 32-man squad for the upcoming Six Nations tournament.
Barritt is one of 9 uncapped players to be drafted in following a thorough clean-out in the wake of England’s disastrous World Cup campaign last year. The former Kearsney pupil, who has been in the UK since 2008 playing for Saracens, has been called up along with club teammate Owen Farrell based on a string of good performances as a combination at club level.
Another uncapped South African, lock Mouritz Botha, has also made the grade, along with veteran flyhalf Charlie Hodgson. Lancaster has not yet named a squad captain.
England 32-man elite player squad:
Forwards: Mouritz Botha, Calum Clark, Alex Corbisiero, Dan Cole, Tom Croft, Louis Deacon, Phil Dowson, Dylan Hartley, Courtney Lawes, Joe Marler, Lee Mears, Ben Morgan, Tom Palmer, Chris Robshaw, Matt Stevens, Rob Webber, David Wilson, Tom Wood
Backs: Chris Ashton, Brad Barritt, Mike Brown, Lee Dickson, Owen Farrell, Toby Flood, Ben Foden, Charlie Hodgson, Joe Simpson, Charlie Sharples, David Strettle, Manusamoa Tuilagi, Jordan Turner-Hall, Ben Youngs

Robd this should bring a smile to your face I’m sure …lets hope he can go on to being regular in the England team ..
The only downside is that Barrit has to play alongside complete tools like Chris Ashton.
Johnnie Wilkonson lamented the arrogant and unprofessional state of the English backline. Hopefully that will change under the new coach.
Well done Brad, hope you get a regular starting spot.
Superbru’s 6 Nations is open! 😎
Danny Cipriani is not part of Lancaster’s plans then 😈
Congrats Rob your boy has made the grade. 😉
Another big loss to SA rugby! Like Clyde Rathbone, lets hope he does not score the winning try against us one day!
@Grasshopper (Comment 6) : he is no big loss, good luck too him…
@Grasshopper (Comment 6) : Not much chance of that happening.
He has the speed and step of an average forward 🙂
He seemed to click in the Sharks backline but I’d rather have Frans Steyn any day of the week.
@vanmartin (Comment 9) : That was my Motto for 2008 S14.
We had the RWC winning 12 (Steyn) and yet Plumtree kept playing Barritt ahead of him at 12 and Playing Steyn everywhere else.
🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁
@KSA Shark © (Comment 8) :
Fighting talk……where’s Rob? 😈
@KSA Shark © (Comment 10) : stuart lancaster will soon find out what he has in barrit when he comes up against the likes of jamie roberts 😀
@CapeShark (Comment 2) : has Johny Wilkinson retired or not being picked anymore?
well done Brad – weird to think that he left so long ago.
@Megatron (Comment 12) : hehe – so weird to agreeing with you 😆
Brad was a good organiser though – was keeping the Sharks’ backline in sort of order.
I agree with most around here. Barritt is a good, solid but unspectacular player. His defence is very good and he is a good organiser and distributor. Not the greatest kicking game and lacks a yard of pace. NH conditions suit him well. He will do a decent job for England as you know what you are going to get from him. Very consistent!
@rekinek (Comment 13) : He’s retired from International Rugby.