England team:
15. Balshaw (Gloucester)
14. Sackey (Wasps)
13. Noon (Newcastle)
12. Flood (Newcastle)
11. Vainikolo (Gloucester)
10. Wilkinson (Newcastle)
9. Wigglesworth (Sale)
1. Sheridan (Sale)
2. Regan (Bristol)
3. Vickery (Wasps, capt)
4. Shaw (Wasps)
5. Borthwick (Bath)
6. Haskell (Wasps)
7. Lipman (Bath)
8. Easter (Harlequins)
Replacements:
Mears (Bath)
Stevens (Bath)
Kay (Leicester)
Croft (Leicester)
Hodgson (London Irish)
Cipriani (Wasps)
Tait (Newcastle)
So, what can I say that hasn’t been said before?
Will the mighty Newcastle contingent cast aside their domestic habits?
Will Vickery rediscover his mobility of 5 years ago or will he be hauled off again around the 60 minute mark?
Will the mighty Balshaw justify the continued exclusion of Josh Lewsey?
Will someone give the Volcano the ball?
Will Easter’s knee last the game?
Given Gomersall’s form, Wigglesworth was always going to be given first nod over London Irish’s Hodgson given the former has been in or on the fringes of the squad for a while.
It will be interesting to see Cipriani and Croft given some game time.
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