England makes two changes for All Blacks test

England makes two changes for All Blacks test

By Navitalai Naivalurua
Wednesday 03/07/2024
[Image: The Guardian]

England has made two changes to its starting XV, which beat Japan 10 days ago, to play the All Blacks in Dunedin on Saturday.

Front rowers Joe Marler and Will Stuart have been given the green light to start while prop Fin Baxter and wing Ollie Sleightholme will make their debuts from the bench.

Maro Itoje and George Martin will start at locks and Chandler Cunningham-South will partner Sam Underhill on the flanks while Ben Earl will be at number 8.

Alex Mitchell will team up with Marcus Smith at the halves and Ollie Lawrence will partner with Henry Slade in the midfields.

Tommy Freeman and Immanuel Feyi-Waboso are on the wings while George Furbank is at fullback.

England will take on the All Blacks at 7.05pm Saturday.

In other test matches this week, Samoa will face Italy at 4pm Friday, the Fiji Water Flying Fijians will meet Georgia at 4am Saturday, the USA will play Romania at 12pm Saturday, the Wallabies will take on Wales at 9.45pm Saturday, South Africa will meet Ireland at 3am Sunday, Argentina will face France at 7am Sunday, Chile will take on Hong Kong at 7am Sunday, and Canada will meet Scotland at 9am Sunday.

The England team is: 1.Joe Marler, 2.Jamie George-captain, 3.Will Stuart, 4.Maro Itoje, 5.George Martin, 6.Chandler Cunningham-South, 7.Sam Underhill, 8.Ben Earl, 9.Alex Mitchell, 10.Marcus Smith, 11.Tommy Freeman, 12.Ollie Lawrence, 13.Henry Slade, 14.Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, 15.George Furbank.

Substitutes: 16.Theo Dan, 17.Fin Baxter, 18.Dan Coles, 19.Alex Coles, 20.Tom Curry, 21.Ben Spencer, 22.Fin Smith, 23.Ollie Sleightholme.

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