England With Two Changes

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Starting

1. Mako Vunipola (33)
2. Dylan Hartley (73)
3. Dan Cole (63)
4. Maro Itoje (5)
5. George Kruis (16)
6. Chris Robshaw (49)
7. James Haskell (69)
8. Billy Vunipola (27)
9. Ben Youngs (59)
10. George Ford (24)
11. Jack Nowell (16)
12. Owen Farrell (41)
13. Jonathan Joseph (23)
14. Anthony Watson (22)
15. Mike Brown (50)

Replacements

16. Jamie George (6)
17. Matt Mullan (11)
18. Paul Hill (3)
19. Joe Launchbury (33)
20. Courtney Lawes (47)
21. Jack Clifford (6)
22. Danny Care (60)
23. Elliot Daly (3)

England have made two changes to their side, with Luther Burrell out and replaced by George Ford. Ford moves in at 10 and pushes Owen Farrell out to 12. The only other change is Marland Yarde out and replaced by Jack Nowell.

Eddie Jones has named a strong side, with a wealth of experience. As we saw last weekend, they're not the same side we saw, wash out of their own World Cup in 2015. Their defence was was absolutely blunting of Australia's attack early on and held tight throughout the game.

The bench is relatively inexperienced, but shows a number of talented players. Danny Care, Courtney Laws and Joe Launchbury are the three players that will probably have the best impact off the bench thanks to their experience. However, the bench has a wave of young talent ready to make a name for themselves.

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Overall, England look good and will be a tough contest for the Australain's. The centres will be hotly contested and England will have to think long and hard about their kicking game when you're kicking to the likes of Israel Folau.

Player to Watch

Maro Itoje will come out feisty and ready to get up close and personal as he showed us on the weekend. In only his fifth international he's definitely someone that stood out at scrum time with his loud personality and his constant exuberance. Let's hope he finds his way this weekend.