By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) -England coach Steve Borthwick said on Wednesday that the recent merry-go-round of coaching assistants would not disrupt his preparations for the November internationals and pointed to a core of consistency among his trusted deputies.

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England Rugby have announced current attack coach Richard Wigglesworth will now be promoted to senior assistant coach, becoming Steve Borthwick’s official right-hand man. Wigglesworth was a player-coach under Borthwick at Leicester Tigers and later joined his England staff for the 2023 World Cup as attack coach.

Halfbacks Alex Mitchell and George Ford were notable, though expected, injury absentees from Steve Borthwick's 36-man England squad named on Wednesday for November games against New Zealand, Australia,

Centre Henry Slade and flanker Tom Curry recover from injury to make England's 36-man squad for the autumn internationals, but first-choice scrum-half Alex Mitchell is out with a neck problem.

Henry Slade has been included in England’s squad for the autumn internationals as the centre continues his recovery from shoulder surgery, while scrum-half Alex Mitchell misses out through injury.