Andy Robinson has named his 30-man squad for the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, with no place for Glasgow Warriors' Johnnie Beattie. England leave out centre Riki Flutey and include his uncapped Wasps team-mate, scrum-half Joe Simpson, in their 30-man World Cup squad. Each of the 20 competing nations was required to confirm its 30-man squad by 23 August; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament. Shaw was called out as a replacement in 2003 but did not play, before starring in England's run to the final four years ago.New Zealand-born Flutey, who will remain on stand-by along with all the others to miss out, returned to the side for the first time in 17 months against Wales recently.Despite a solid outing, his struggle to regain the form he showed in earning a Lions Test start two years ago has ultimately cost him a spot. "Aside from Simpson's late elevation to the squad, the youngest member is 20-year-old Manu Tuilagi, who scored a try on his debut against Wales at Twickenham a fortnight ago.Wilkinson meanwhile will take part in his fourth World Cup, equalling the English record of Jason Leonard and Mike Catt.

Johnson said he would "make a call" on them later in the week, ahead of announcing his team on Thursday. Two of these, Canada's 30-man squad for the tournament was named on 8 July.Marc Lièvremont announced his 31-man France squad for the tournament on 21 August.Japan's 30-man squad for the tournament was named on 22 August.New Zealand's 30-man squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup was announced on 23 August.Tonga's 30-man RWC squad was announced on 23 August. Joe Simpson (Wasps, 23, 0), Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens, 28, 7), Ben Youngs (Leicester, 21, 12). It was just ecstasy really. The England boss added: "We just felt we can cover 12 in a number of different ways. Martin Johnson has announced his 30-strong squad for next month's World Cup. The tournament was played during the Super Rugby off-season. The 2011 Rugby World Cup was an international rugby union tournament played in New Zealand from 9 September to 23 October 2011. Dan Cole (Leicester, Age 24, 17 caps), Alex Corbisiero (London Irish, 22, 6), Andrew Sheridan (Sale, 31, 38), Matt Stevens (Saracens, 28, 34), David Wilson (Bath, 26, 18).Dylan Hartley (Northampton, 25, 29), Lee Mears (Bath, 32, 37), Steve Thompson (Wasps, 33, 67). Three squads were made up entirely of players from home-based clubs.

persuaded manager Martin Johnson to take three scrum-halves, with Simpson joining Ben Youngs and Richard Wigglesworth.Flutey lost out to Shontayne Hape, Mike Tindall, Manu Tuilagi and Matt Banahan among the centre options.Lewis Moody, who is targeting the opening World Cup match against Argentina on 10 September Moody travels as one of only five back-row specialists, with Sale open-side Hendre Fourie also missing out.With lingering concerns over Andrew Sheridan's fitness and the "attritional" nature of the role, Johnson has opted for five props with David Wilson adding extra cover, and four specialist locks.The latter means Simon Shaw, 38 on 1 September, will become one of the oldest players to feature in a World Cup [former Uruguay captain Diego Ormaechea was 40 in 1999]. Players were listed with their current affiliations as of the opening day of the tournament on 9 September (with some on-going updates during the tournament).

"I was over the moon, so excited, but there were no nerves. We have some good options there. Simpson, born in Australia to an English father and a mother from New Zealand before the family relocated to London, was in the middle of a fitness session at Wasps last Wednesday when Johnson called.

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