ENGLAND V NEW ZEALAND: Ayoola Erinle will make his first England start after replacing Shane Geraghty at inside centre in the team to play New Zealand at Twickenham on Saturday.
The surprise selection of the Biarritz centre is one of three personnel changes Martin Johnson has made to the side that laboured to a 16-9 victory over Argentina last weekend.
Simon Shaw returns to the second row after recovering from a foot injury and Joe Worsley is back at blindside flanker.
Johnson has also made one positional change, with Ugo Monye switching to the wing and Mark Cueto taking over at fullback.
Geraghty, Louis Deacon and Tom Croft all drop to the bench, where they are joined by Mathew Tait and fit-again prop David Wilson.
ENGLAND: M Cueto (Sale Sharks); M Banahan (Bath), D Hipkiss (Leicester), A Erinle (Biarritz), U Monye (Harlequins); J Wilkinson (Toulon), P Hodgson (London Irish); T Payne (Wasps), D Hartley (Northampton), D Bell (Bath), S Shaw (Wasps), S Borthwick (Saracens, capt), J Worsley (Wasps), L Moody (Leicester), J Haskell (Stade Francais). Replacements: S Thompson (Brive), D Wilson (Bath), L Deacon (Leicester), T Croft (Leicester), D Care (Harlequins), S Geraghty (Northampton), M Tait (Sale Sharks).
NEW ZEALAND: Muliaina; Guildford, C Smith, Nonu, Sivivatu; Carter, Cowan; Woodcock, Hore, Franks; Thorn, Donnelly, Thomson, McCaw (capt), Read. Replacements: Flynn or de Malmanche, Afoa, Boric, Kaino, Ellis, Donald, Ellison.
SCOTLAND v AUSTRALIA: Chris Cusiter has revealed Scotland marked their win over Fiji last week in low-key fashion – but it will be far more difficult for Andy Robinson to convince his squad to spend this Saturday night in front of the television if they repeat that result against Australia.
Scotland have not enjoyed a victory over the Wallabies since 1982, losing their last 16 meetings with this weekend’s opponents.
“Beating Australia is the first thing on our minds,” Cusiter said ahead of his second start as captain.
“It’s a long time and it means all the great sides – the 1990 Grand Slam side – were never able to beat Australia. It’s a huge chance to make history but, ultimately, we have to perform.”
WALES V ARGENTINA: Argentina coach Santiago Phelan has made two changes from the team beaten by England for Saturday’s Millennium Stadium clash against Wales.
London Irish scrumhalf Alfredo Lalanne and Toulon lock Esteban Lozada drop out of the side that lost 16-9 at Twickenham. Lalanne is replaced by Agustin Figuerola, while Mariano Sambucetti moves into the second row.
ARGENTINA: H Agulla (Brive); L Borges (Albi), G Tiesi (Harlequins), M Rodriguez (Rosario), M Comuzzi (Pucara); S Fernandez (Hindu), A Figuerola (CASI); R Roncero (Stade Francais), M Ledesma (Clermont Auvergne), M Scelzo (Clermont Auvergne), M Sambucetti (Bristol), P Albacete (Toulouse), T Leonardi (San Isidro), A Abadie (Rovigo), JM Fernandez Lobbe (Toulon, capt). Replacements: AV Basualdo (Toulouse), M Ayerza (Leicester), M Carizza (Biarritz), A Campos (Montauban), A Lalanne (London Irish), B Urdapilleta (C.U.B.A), H San Martin (Tala).
