Can ex-pat pair expect call?

11 May 2015Head coach Stuart Lancaster will select an extended group of around 45 in preparation for the hosts' summer training camp at Pennyhill Park, which begins on June 22.

Lancaster will be forced to address the most divisive issue in English rugby after facing repeated calls to activate the 'exceptional circumstances' rule by picking the France-based Armitage and Abendanon.

Both have been exceptional for their Top 14 clubs and lined up opposite each other during the recent all-Gallic Champions Cup final at Twickenham.

Abendanon's dashing form at full-back for Clermont…