He revealed that he went for lunch in Paris with his England and club team-mates Toby Flood and Mathew Tait on the day after the game.
Andy Goode and then Toby Flood overtook him in the rankings as England's number 10 and now Leicester's Sam Vesty has been considered a better choice to tour with England to Argentina.
The departure of powerhouse Kiwi prop Carl Hayman for Toulon marked the end of an era of star names as he joined Jonny Wilkinson, Toby Flood and Mathew Tait on the list of players leaving the club in the last three seasons.
London Irish full-back Delon Armitage and Brive inside centre Riki Flutey will miss the Tests while Leicester fly-halves Toby Flood (ruptured Achilles) and Sam Vesty (hamstring) are only expected to return to action for the Tigers in November.
He last played international rugby nine months ago when he replaced Toby Flood during the 33-10 victory over Ireland and has seen Danny Cipriani and Flood take over England fly-half duties during the second half of this year.
But the reliable boot of Toby Flood and a late try from scrum-half Ben Youngs allowed Leicester to cruise to victory.
Ellis and Tigers team-mate Toby Flood are the only backs named on the bench, with Johnson opting for five forwards in what is expected to be a physical encounter at Twickenham.
Toby Flood responded with a penalty and the first try came after intense Leicester pressure with Crane bundling over from close-range after a five-metre scrum set the platform for the Tigers' number eight.
Vesty and Toby Flood combined to send Hipkiss over the line, Crane crossed from close range for the bonus-point try after just 31 minutes and Murphy strolled through some weak tackling for a fifth before half-time.
Vesty, who faces stiff competition when Toby Flood and Derick Hougaard return, has started the last two league games.
Toby Flood and Carter landed a penalty apiece before the latter converted Gerrie Britz's try to put USAP 10-3 up.
Wilkinson, who has won 80 caps, has been in sparkling form for his club side and was in a battle with Toby Flood to win the England number 10 shirt.
Wilkinson was set to challenge Leicester's Toby Flood and a fit-again Danny Cipriani for the number 10 shirt under new manager Martin Johnson, but that scenario is now likely to be delayed.
In the injury-enforced absence of Jonny Wilkinson and Toby Flood, uncapped Leicester fly-half Sam Vesty and Brive's Andy Goode were selected ahead of Cipriani for the senior squad.
Olly Barkley has also been ruled out and his place on the bench is taken by Newcastle youngster Toby Flood.
Fly-half Toby Flood and flanker Joe Worsley, who picked up injuries in the emphatic 34-10 victory over France on Sunday, are passed fit to play.
The call-up of 21-year-old Simpson means there are now three scrum-halves in the 33, while Hodgson joins fellow fly-halves Toby Flood and Jonny Wilkinson.
Vesty has fallen down the perking order since Pat Howard left the club in 2007 and his chances were further hampered by Toby Flood's move to Welford Road.
England are still very negative, but the midfield balance was better with Riki Flutey and Mike Tindall, while Toby Flood offered something at fly-half when he replaced Andy Goode.
The Tigers' tries came from Alesana Tuilangi, Ben Youngs and Steve Mafi with Toby Flood kicking 17 points.
Leicester were missing their England quartet Toby Flood, Ben Young, Dan Cole and Tom Croft, but Jordan Crane returned on the bench following a pre-season ankle injury, where there was also a place for loan scrum-half signing Jason Spice.
The other three backs left out are full-backs Nick Abendanon and Dan Cipriani and centre Toby Flood.
The home side had raced into a 17-0 lead through Steve Jones, Brent Wilson and Toby Flood against 13 men.
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