Midlands rugby teams have ten players named in Rugby World Cup squad
Ten players from Northampton Saints, Wasps and Leicester Tigers have been included in Stuart Lancaster's 31 man squad.
Players tweet reactions to World Cup selection
Midlands players selected for the World Cup squad, and those who missed out, have been tweeting their reaction to today's squad announcement:
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