The Leicester number 10 suffered a similar injury in last summer's England tour to New Zealand.
Eriksson's England delivered a performance that contained everything their lacklustre effort against Sweden in Saitama lacked.
Boycott's England career encompassed 108 Tests, four of them as captain, and 36 one-day internationals.
Harmison's England colleague Graeme Swann, also named in the squad, also defended the paceman.
He has struggled for fitness and form and has lost his place in Fabio Capello's England squad.
Ironically, Ashton's England rugby league debut was also against France, at Headingley in the 2006 Federation Shield.
It's England at Twickenham first up, a truly massive game - and we'll be hitting the ground running.
For them to keep quiet, especially after what happened before last week's England international, was a good thing.
The home side's England internationals flourished with Iain Balshaw, Luke Narraway, Olly Barkley and Lesley Vainikolo all contributing tries.
Fabio Capello's side qualified with ease and are fancied by some to emulate Hurst's England team of 44 years ago.
We started with Frank Lampard, the striker's England team-mate for nearly eight years and someone he counts as a friend.
Hair made the offer in the wake of the ball-tampering row at last week's England v Pakistan Test at The Oval.
Ball's England team-mates goalkeeper Gordon Banks and goalscorer Geoff Hurst have both sold off their World Cup winners' medals and shirts.
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The absence of South Africa's England-based players in Spain was not the first time they have failed to answer national call-ups.
"In priorities it's England that we are most concerned about, " he said.
The Bolton boss also played up Cahill's chances of making Fabio Capello's England squad for the World Cup in South Africa this summer.
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It's England at the end of the day, and in any form of the game I play I just want to be the best I can.
But it was not such good news for Shaw's England team-mate Monye, who was ruthlessly discarded after spurning two good try-scoring chances in Durban.
Like the French, Roy Hodgson's England also had to settle for second place on an evening when plans for group supremacy were decisively dashed.
Beckham played for Milan for six months from January 2009 and his confident displays helped him win back his place in Fabio Capello's England squad.
And Beckham's England career is also in the balance after new national boss Steve McClaren left him out of his first squad for Wednesday's friendly.
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Cole's England team-mates were involved in his pre-wedding celebration last weekend.
Gold was speaking in the week before two crucial Euro 2008 qualifiers for Steve McClaren's England and a few days after the summer transfer window closed.
But Butterworth's England is also soaked in the fiery poetry of myths of revolt - "and behind them bay the devil's army, and we are numberless".
Arsenal winger Walcott has not played for Capello's England side this season due to knee, hamstring and shoulder injuries, though he has featured for the Under-21 side.
An attacking left-handed opening batsman, Graeme "Foxy" Fowler's England chance came about because of the three-year ban imposed on 16 England players for touring South Africa in 1982.
Those sentiments were echoed by Milan's England midfielder David Beckham, who produced a largely muted display in his first match against United before being substituted in the 72nd minute.
But the 34-year-old midfielder could not hide his desire to be part of Fabio Capello's England revolution with his national team on the brink of qualification for next year's finals.
Equally, the return of Terry's England colleague Lampard - who has not played since a 2-0 win over Stoke on 28 August - will strengthen the spine of the side.
Mallinder will be based at the new Academy at Bath University, which under the charge of Brian Ashton will prepare junior and intermediate players for Sir Clive Woodward's England squad.
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