The Bath centre, who has not played for two months because of a serious ankle injury, is due to make his comeback in Saturdays cup match Leeds at Headingley.

And England head coach Sir Clive Woodward has named Tindall in a 26-man training squad for the RBS 6 Nations clash against Ireland at Twickenham.

Tindall apart, Wasps centre Stuart Abbott, Gloucester wing James Simpson-Daniel, Bath prop Matt Stevens and Wasps flanker Joe Worsley also receive calls after not being involved in Edinburgh.

Sale Sharks flanker Alex Sanderson is the only player from Englands Murrayfield 22 to drop out.

England training squad: I Balshaw (Bath), J Lewsey (Wasps), B Cohen (Northampton), J Robinson (Sharks), J Simpson-Daniel (Gloucester), W Greenwood (Harlequins), M Tindall (Bath), S Abbott (Wasps), H Paul (Gloucester), P Grayson (Northampton), O Barkley (Bath), A Gomarsall (Gloucester), M Dawson (Northampton); T Woodman (Gloucester), J Leonard (Harlequins), P Vickery (Gloucester), M Stevens (Bath), S Thompson (Northampton), M Regan (Leeds), D Grewcock (Bath), B Kay (Leicester), S Shaw (Wasps), C Jones (Sharks), R Hill (Saracens), J Worsley (Wasps), L Dallaglio (Wasps, capt).