KIERAN Brookes is one of a number of uncapped players named in the England squad for Sunday's game with the Barbarians at Twickenham.

Brookes, a 20-year-old prop who is poised to join Leicester Tigers from Newcastle Falcons this summer, will hope to force his way into Martin Johnson's World Cup plans when he joins up with an experimental England squad that does not include any players from Leicester and Saracens, who contest the Aviva Premiership final on Saturday.

The rookie contingent also includes Exeter flanker Tom Johnson, Harlequins prop Joe Marler and promising Gloucester centre Henry Trinder.

However, the squad, which will be led by England Saxons head coach Stuart Lancaster, also features 11 players with senior England experience, among them Bath three-quarter Matt Banahan, Saracens-bound fly-half Charlie Hodgson and Harlequins wing Ugo Monye.

Sunday's non-cap game comes less than a week before England Saxons launch their Churchill Cup campaign against the United States at Northampton.

Lancaster said: "It is a great opportunity for all the players who are looking to force their way into Martin Johnson's plans for the World Cup, and those who will go on to defend the Churchill Cup with the England Saxons next month.

"We face a very big challenge against the Barbarians, who have a very experienced squad in terms of their average age and number of caps. But there is a great deal of quality in the England system at the moment, and a lot of these young players will get a chance to benchmark themselves against the best.

"We've seen that in the way the likes of Ben Youngs, Courtney Lawes, Alex Corbisiero have taken their chances recently.

"A lot of the players have played in big games recently, both in Europe and the Premiership.

"If we combine them with some of the more experienced players like Paul and Charlie Hodgson, Ugo Monye and James Simpson-Daniel, it should be an exciting combination."

ENGLAND SQUAD (vs Barbarians):

Backs: M Brown (Harlequins), J Simpson-Daniel (Gloucester), U Monye (Harlequins), M Banahan (Bath), H Trinder (Gloucester), J Turner-Hall (Harlequins), C Hodgson (Sale Sharks), S Myler (Northampton), R Clegg (Harlequins), L Dickson (Northampton), P Hodgson (London Irish).

Forwards: J Marler (Harlequins), M Mullan (Worcester), K BROOKES (NEWCASTLE), P Doran-Jones (Gloucester), D Paice (London Irish), J Gray (Harlequins), D Attwood (Gloucester), G Kitchener (Worcester), C Clark (Northampton), C Fearns (Sale Sharks), T Johnson (Exeter), J Gaskell (Sale Sharks), L Narraway (Gloucester).