England announce team to face Australian Barbarians
England Team ManagerMartin Johnson has announced a strong England XV to face the Australian Barbarians on Tuesday June 8 (kick off 7.05pm local, 9.05pm AEST) at the ME Bank Stadium in Perth.
Harlequins back row Chris Robshaw (Harlequins) captains the team, which includes an all Bath Rugby front row, Charlie Hodgson (Sale Sharks) and Dave Attwood (Gloucester Rugby) making their second successive starts in an England shirt and Geoff Parling making his *first senior appearance for his country after helping Leicester Tigers win the Guinness Premiership final against Saracens.
ENGLAND
15 Delon Armitage (London Irish)
14 Matt Banahan (Bath Rugby)
13 Mathew Tait (Sale Sharks)
12 Olly Barkley (Bath Rugby)
11 Ugo Monye (Harlequins)
10 Charlie Hodgson (Sale Sharks)
9 Richard Wigglesworth (Sale Sharks)
1 David Flatman (Bath Rugby)
2 Lee Mears (Bath Rugby)
3 David Wilson (Bath Rugby)
4 Dave Attwood (Gloucester Rugby)
5 Geoff Parling (Leicester Tigers)
6 Chris Robshaw (Harlequins) Captain
7 Hendre Fourie (Leeds Carnegie)
8 Dan Ward-Smith (London Wasps)
REPLACEMENTS
16 George Chuter (Leicester Tigers)
17 Paul Doran-Jones (Gloucester Rugby)
18 Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints)
19 Joe Worsley (London Wasps)
20 Paul Hodgson (London Irish)
21 Shane Geraghty (Northampton Saints)
22 Dominic Waldouck (London Wasps)
* England v Australia Barbarians is not a capped game.
[Story by ARU]
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