WORCESTER Warriors centre Ben Te'o has been ruled out of England's tour to South Africa next month due to injury.

England have confirmed Te'o will have to undergo a "small repair" to a quad muscle and has not been named in Eddie Jones' 34-man squad for the three-match Test series.

Northampton Saints' Piers Francis, Wasps' Nathan Hughes and Gloucester's Jason Woodward have been drafted in to replace injured trio Cameron Redpath (knee), Te’o and Jack Willis (knee).

Will Spencer who is set to join Leicester Tigers from Warriors, also misses out through injury.

The squad has convened at Pennyhill Park today to begin their final preparations before flying to South Africa on Saturday.

England squad for South Africa Tour:

Mike Brown (Harlequins).

Danny Cipriani (Wasps).

Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs).

Tom Curry (Sale Sharks).

Elliot Daly (Wasps).

Ben Earl (Saracens) *.

Nathan Earle (Saracens) *.

Owen Farrell (Saracens).

George Ford (Leicester Tigers).

Piers Francis (Northampton Saints).

Ellis Genge (Leicester Tigers).

Jamie George (Saracens).

Jonny Hill (Exeter Chiefs) *.

Nathan Hughes (Wasps).

Nick Isiekwe (Saracens).

Maro Itoje (Saracens).

Joe Launchbury (Wasps).

Alex Lozowski (Saracens).

Joe Marler (Harlequins).

Jonny May (Leicester Tigers).

Chris Robshaw (Harlequins).

Dan Robson (Wasps) *.

Brad Shields (Hurricanes/ Wasps) *.

Sam Simmonds (Exeter Chiefs).

Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins).

Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs).

Denny Solomona (Sale Sharks).

Ben Spencer (Saracens) *.

Billy Vunipola (Saracens).

Mako Vunipola (Saracens).

Harry Williams (Exeter Chiefs).

Mark Wilson (Newcastle).

Jason Woodward (Gloucester Rugby) *.

Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers).

Not available for selection: Danny Care (Harlequins).

Jack Clifford (Harlequins).

Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers).

Tom Dunn (Bath Rugby).

Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby).

Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints). James Haskell (Wasps).

Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby). George Kruis (Saracens).

Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints). Alex Lewington (London Irish).

Harry Mallinder (Northampton Saints).

Joe Marchant (Harlequins). Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs).

Beno Obano (Bath Rugby). Cameron Redpath (Sale Sharks).

Semesa Rokoduguni (Bath Rugby).

Will Spencer (Worcester Warriors).

Ben Te’o (Worcester Warriors).

Manu Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers).

Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby).

Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby).

Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens).

Jack Willis (Wasps).