They did. Makinson made a cover tackle early on and struggled to get back up from that. He looked to be struggling throughout the game. Dodd and Lomax were both fit, but apparently didn't train and it's arguable you wouldn't pick either for England on form anyway.

Walmsley was coming back from a long absence with injury so again excusable. Lees is the one really you can identify as having been 'pulled' but he was released by England after discussions with Saints because of his workload due to all the injuries at Saints and him being fatigued.