Quins stars Mike Brown, Joe Marler, Jordan Turner-Hall and Chris Robshaw have been retained in acting England head coach Stuart Lancaster's elite player squad preparing for Saturday's Six Nations opener against Scotland at Murrayfield.
The quartet are part of 24-man training group from which Lancaster will pick his matchday squad for the weekend's Calcutta Cup clash.
The remaining eight of the 32-man EPS set-up have been released back to their club's for this weekend's LV= Cup fixtures.
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