Forwards: Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers, 86 caps) **

Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs, 12 caps)

Tom Curry (Sale Sharks, 11 caps)

Ellis Genge (Leicester Tigers, 10 caps)

Jamie George (Saracens, 37 caps) *

Maro Itoje (Saracens, 27 caps)

George Kruis (Saracens, 32 caps) *

Joe Launchbury (Wasps, 59 caps) *

Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints, 72 caps) **

Lewis Ludlam (Northampton Saints, 1 cap)

Joe Marler (Harlequins, 58 caps) *

Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins, 22 caps)

Jack Singleton (Saracens, 1 cap)

Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby, 9 caps)

Billy Vunipola (Saracens, 42 caps) *

Mako Vunipola (Saracens, 53 caps) *

Mark Wilson (Newcastle Falcons / Sale Sharks, 13 caps)

Backs: Joe Cokanasiga (Bath Rugby, 5 caps)

Elliot Daly (Saracens, 31 caps)

Owen Farrell (Saracens, 70 caps) *

George Ford (Leicester Tigers, 56 caps) *

Piers Francis (Northampton Saints, 5 caps)

Willi Heinz (Gloucester Rugby, 1 cap)

Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby, 41 caps) *

Jonny May (Leicester Tigers, 45 caps) *

Ruaridh McConnochie (Bath Rugby, uncapped)

Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs, 33 caps) *

Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs, 22 caps) *

Manu Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers, 33 caps) *

Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby, 34 caps) *

Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 86 caps) **

* number of Rugby World Cup tournaments played

It's in!

Northampton flanker Lewis Ludlam and uncapped Bath wing Ruaridh McConnochie have earned shock call-ups and centre Ben Te’o is a glaring omission.

The inexperienced pair are included in Eddie Jones’ 31-man group, along with another Test rookie in Gloucester scrum-half Willie Heinz.

But there is no place for Te’o, who was involved in an off-field incident at the training camp in Italy.

Versatile back Piers Francis is included at Te’o’s expense.

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A few last-minute thoughts from you before the squad is announced:

Chris: On a serious note though. Heinz is great but to pick him over Wigglesworth and/or Spencer is madness.

Kate: Would love to see @LewisLudlam, external in there - made a massive impression yesterday & is made for the Test stage! As for who England would struggle to win the World Cup without - hard to look past Owen Farrell & Maro Itoje - both so influential & so driven !

And it looks like Sunday was a special day for the whole Ludlam clan.

Wing Anthony Watson, scrum-half Willi Heinz and flanker Lewis Ludlam all took their chance to play themselves into contention against Wales.

With Exeter's Jack Nowell currently injured, Watson could be a good option in the back three.

It remains to be seen whether Heinz will be the back-up to starting number nine Ben Youngs - a position Eddie Jones has struggled to fill during his time as England head coach.

But Ludlam, who has made only 25 Premiership appearances for Northampton, made an impressive England debut and may have earned himself an unexpected place in the squad.

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England number eight Billy Vunipola suggested a particularly brutal way that players might find out they're not in the squad.

Announcement incoming in five minutes...

Of course, just because the squad has been named, doesn't mean there won't be injuries before England fly out to Japan.

The side still have three more warm-up tests before the World Cup begins. They face Wales in Cardiff on 17 August, before matches against Ireland and Italy.

Injuries are something England have already had to deal with.

Flanker Sam Underhill, wing Ruaridh McConnochie and centre Henry Slade were all late withdrawals from Sunday's starting XV and back row Tom Curry left the pitch in the first half holding his right arm.

But Eddie Jones said Curry's issue was not "too serious" and played down any concern over injuries before Japan.

"We know where the injuries are and we know who is going to be available and who is not," he explained.

"We will name a very strong squad of 31. We want the players to focus on being the tightest and most cohesive England squad ever to have played in a World Cup and we have the opportunity to do that."

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Chris Jones
BBC rugby union correspondent

England are blessed out wide, although Jack Nowell's recovery from injury remains in the balance.

Either way the Exeter man will be named in the 31, as will Jonny May and Elliot Daly, with Anthony Watson and Joe Cokanasiga also set to be included. Another Bath player, Ruaridh McConnochie, is firmly on the radar, and will play in the warm-ups despite injury keeping him out of Sunday's win, but it would be a surprise if the former sevens star made the 31.

While every Eddie Jones squad announcement is usually laden with intrigue and curve-balls, there surely won't be the drama of four years ago, when Stuart Lancaster's controversial selection of Sam Burgess dominated the agenda. Most of Jones' big calls - such as leaving out Dylan Hartley, Chris Robshaw and Danny Care - have already been made.

Will the performances against Wales affect Eddie Jones' choices?

Here's what he had to say when asked yesterday:

"The coaches will get together and see where the red wine spills. That is the science of it.

"My job is to pick the best 31 for England and I am quite capable of doing that.

"I have got great assistant coaches and my dog gives me some advice so I think we are in a pretty good place."

Oh Eddie...

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Chris Jones
BBC rugby union correspondent

In the backline, Jones is likely to roll the dice with just two scrum-halves: Ben Youngs and Willi Heinz, who has impressed in camp with his temperament and made a solid debut against the Welsh, although was curiously replaced early in the second half.

Captain Owen Farrell and George Ford are the two 10s, with Danny Cipriani not in the picture, but Ben Te'o's indiscretion in Treviso has livened up the midfield debate.

Manu Tuilagi and Henry Slade are dead certs, with Jonathan Joseph almost guaranteed, but has Jones lost patience with Te'o? If so, will he opt instead for Piers Francis, whose versatility and solidity compensate for a lack of X-factor?

What are you predicting today?

Any unexpected choices? Anyone you think England can't win without?

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The perfect way to kill time until the squad announcement. Let's relive all the tries from Sunday's match.

Chris Jones
BBC rugby union correspondent

Eddie Jones is naming his squad this early in a bid to avoid weeks of selection speculation which - he believes - have adversely affected the preparation of England squads in the past.

Most of the 31 picks itself, but there are still some close calls. Jones will probably have to pick all nine front-rowers in camp, with none of his props able to convincingly play both sides of the scrum.

Elsewhere Maro Itoje, George Kruis, Courtney Lawes, Mark Wilson, Tom Curry, Sam Underhill and Billy Vunipola are all certainties if fit, leaving a place for one more second row - surely Joe Launchbury - and then possibly a fifth lock in Charlie Ewels or perhaps the ultimate bolter in Lewis Ludlam, who did his case no harm whatsoever against Wales.

Ludlam looks made for Test rugby, and his energy and attitude could be a trump card in Japan. Then there is Brad Shields, earmarked for a place on the plane for the past year, but now struggling with injury.

That noise was perhaps loudest during England's 33-19 World Cup warm-up win against Wales on Sunday.

It was a last opportunity for players to stake their claim on a place in the side for Japan 2019 and it showed in the energy England brought to the match.

Jones' side got off to a fast start at Twickenham, with early tries from Billy Vunipola and Joe Cokanasiga, and solid kicking from George Ford ensured they came away with a comfortable victory.

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World Rugby's deadline for squad submissions isn't actually until September 8.

So why is Jones going so early?

The 59-year-old said he's hoping to "take a lot of the noise away about selection".

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Eddie Jones joked he would use "red wine" and "advice from his dog" to help decide the 31-man Rugby World Cup squad he will announce today.

Whatever the method, the England head coach should have made his decisions by now.

The announcement is set to happen at 13:00 BST.

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