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England team to face Australia

England Team Manager Martin Johnson today announced the team to play Australia in the Investec Challenge at Twickenham on Saturday, November 15.

Two changes to the starting line-up see Phil Vickery take over at prop from Matt Stevens while Tom Palmer comes into the second row in place of Nick Kennedy. Simon Shaw takes Palmer's place on the replacements' bench.

ENGLAND
15 Delon Armitage (London Irish)
14 Paul Sackey (London Wasps)
13 Jamie Noon (Newcastle Falcons)
12 Riki Flutey (London Wasps)
11 Ugo Monye (Harlequins)
10 Danny Cipriani (London Wasps)
9 Danny Care (Harlequins)
1 Andrew Sheridan (Sale Sharks)
2 Lee Mears (Bath Rugby)
3 Phil Vickery (London Wasps)
4 Steve Borthwick (Saracens, captain)
5 Tom Palmer (London Wasps)
6 Tom Croft (Leicester Tigers)
7 Tom Rees (London Wasps)
8 Nick Easter (Harlequins)

Replacements
16 Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints)
17 Matt Stevens (Bath Rugby)
18 Simon Shaw (London Wasps)
19 James Haskell (London Wasps)
20 Michael Lipman (Bath Rugby)
21 Harry Ellis (Leicester Tigers)
22 Toby Flood (Leicester Tigers)



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