Owen Farrell replaces Jonny Wilkinson in England Elite Player Squad

Saracens star Owen Farrell has replaced Jonny Wilkinson in England's 32-man Elite Player Squad.

The Toulon star decided to retire from international rugby after a disastrous World Cup in New Zealand, where England limped out at the quarter-final stages.

Former Red Rose captains Nick Easter and Mike Tindall are also missing from the squad which will contest the 2012 Six Nations. 

Interim Head Coach Stuart Lancaster has instead gone for youth in a group that includes eight players from high-flyers Northampton Saints.

There are nine players selected who have no international rugby experience at all, including Scarlets number eight Ben Morgan, who earlier this month declared his desire to represent England rather than Wales.

Dave Attwood, Alex Goode, Geoff Parling and Henry Trinder will join the squad from the Saxons as temporary replacements for Courtney Lawes (knee), Toby Flood (knee), Louis Deacon (hamstring) and Manusamoa Tuilagi (hamstring) for the Six Nations.

ENGLAND ELITE PLAYER SQUAD (32)

FORWARDS (18)

Mouritz Botha (Saracens)
Calum Clark (Northampton Saints)
Alex Corbisiero (London Irish)
Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers)
Tom Croft (Leicester Tigers)
Louis Deacon (Leicester Tigers)
Phil Dowson (Northampton Saints)
Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints)
Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints)
Joe Marler (Harlequins)
Lee Mears (Bath Rugby)
Ben Morgan (Scarlets)
Tom Palmer (Stade Francais)
Chris Robshaw (Harlequins)
Matt Stevens (Saracens)
Rob Webber (London Wasps)
David Wilson (Bath Rugby)
Tom Wood (Northampton Saints)

BACKS (14)

Chris Ashton (Northampton Saints)
Brad Barritt (Saracens)
Mike Brown (Harlequins)
Lee Dickson (Northampton Saints)
Owen Farrell (Saracens)
Toby Flood (Leicester Tigers)
Ben Foden (Northampton Saints)
Charlie Hodgson (Saracens)
Joe Simpson (London Wasps)
Charlie Sharples (Gloucester Rugby)
David Strettle (Saracens)
Manusamoa Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers)
Jordan Turner-Hall (Harlequins)
Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers)