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England unchanged for visit of Azzurri

England have named an unchanged starting XV for Saturday's Six Nations match against Italy (2.30p...
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10.51 12 Feb 2015


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England unchanged for visit of Azzurri

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10.51 12 Feb 2015


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England have named an unchanged starting XV for Saturday's Six Nations match against Italy (2.30pm).

Head coach Stuart Lancaster has chosen to keep the same match-day squad that opened with a victory in Wales on Friday night.

This weekend's game will be England's first at Twickenham this year, following their 21-16 win at the Millennium Stadium.

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"It's always good to be able to name an unchanged team and to build some consistency," said Lancaster. "We did the same last year after France heading into the Scotland game.

"Italy are going to be fired up, they always are when they come to Twickenham, especially after last week's loss to Ireland."

ENGLAND (v Italy):

15. Mike Brown (Harlequins, 34 caps)

14. Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby, 5 caps)

13. Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby, 7 caps)

12. Luther Burrell (Northampton Saints, 8 caps)

11. Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby, 12 caps)

10. George Ford (Bath Rugby, 7 caps)

9. Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 43 caps)

1. Joe Marler (Harlequins, 27 caps)

2. Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints, 62 caps)

3. Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers, 46 caps)

4. Dave Attwood (Bath Rugby, 17 caps)

5. George Kruis (Saracens, 5 caps)

6. James Haskell (Wasps, 54 caps)

7. Chris Robshaw (captain, Harlequins, 33 caps)

8. Billy Vunipola (Saracens, 13 caps)

Replacements:

16. Tom Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 18 caps)

17. Mako Vunipola (Saracens, 16 caps)

18. Kieran Brookes (Newcastle Falcons, 7 caps)

19. Nick Easter (Harlequins, 48 caps)

20. Tom Croft (Leicester Tigers, 38 caps)

21. Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens, 17 caps)

22. Danny Cipriani (Sale Sharks, 9 caps)

23. Billy Twelvetrees (Gloucester Rugby, 17 caps)


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