WORCESTER Warriors’ Chris Pennell has not been named in England’s 50-man World Cup training squad.

It is a huge blow for the Warriors full-back ahead of tonight’s Greene King IPA Championship play-off final first leg at Bristol (7.45pm).

Pennell returns to the Warriors side after suffering a knee injury against Bristol at Sixways last month.

Former Warriors Matt Kvesic (Gloucester), Matt Mullan (Wasps) and Tom Wood (Northampton Saints) are in the England squad.

Full England training squad:

Chris Ashton (Saracens),

Dave Attwood (Bath),

Brad Barritt (Saracens),

Kieran Brookes (Newcastle Falcons),

Mike Brown (Harlequins),

Luther Burrell (Northampton Saints),

Sam Burgess (Bath),

Danny Care (Harlequins),

Danny Cipriani (Sale),

Calum Clark (Northampton Saints),

Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers),

Alex Corbisiero (Northampton Saints),

Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs),

Elliot Daly (Wasps),

Lee Dickson (Northampton Saints),

Kyle Eastmond (Bath), Nick Easter (Harlequins),

Owen Farrell (Saracens),

George Ford (Bath),

Alex Goode (Saracens),

Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints),

James Haskell (Wasps),

Maro Itoje (Saracens),

Jonathan Joseph (Bath),

Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints),

Joe Launchbury (Wasps),

George Kruis (Saracens),

Matt Kvesic (Gloucester),

Joe Marler (Harlequins),

Jonny May (Gloucester),

Stephen Myler (Northampton Saints),

Ben Morgan (Gloucester),

Matt Mullan (Wasps),

Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs),

Geoff Parling (Leicester Tigers),

Chris Robshaw (Harlequins),

Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs),

Ed Slater (Leicester Tigers),

David Strettle (Saracens),

Billy Twelvetrees (Gloucester),

Mako Vunipola (Saracens),

Billy Vunipola (Saracens),

Anthony Watson (Bath),

Rob Webber (Bath),

Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens),

David Wilson (Bath),

Tom Wood (Northampton Saints),

Marland Yarde (Harlequins),

Ben Youngs (Leicester),

Tom Youngs (Leicester).