England's Ben Te'o ruled out of South Africa tour

England international Ben Te'o has been ruled out of the upcoming summer tour of South Africa in June following an injury to a quad muscle in his leg.

The 31-year-old had an injury-marred last season where he represented Worcester just 12 times and now will undergo a surgery to address his latest setback.

Apart from Te'o, Cameron Redpath and Jack Willis were also withdrawn from the squad following knee injuries and as a result, Piers Francis (Northampton Saints), Nathan Hughes (Wasps) and Jason Woodward (Gloucester Rugby) are included in the squad as replacements.

Both the teams will compete in a three-game series to be played in Johannesburg, Bloemfontein and Cape Town on 9th, 16th and 23rd June respectively.

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)

Uncapped *

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)