Martin Johnson has reinforced the England pack by making two changes for Saturday's Cook Cup clash against Australia. Phil Vickery comes into the side at tighthead prop in place of Matt Stevens, who drops to the bench, while Tom Palmer replaces Nick Kennedy in the secondrow.
Johnson has brought added bulk on to the bench, with Simon Shaw preferred to Kennedy among the replacements.
Shaw's inclusion is the only change to the 22-man squad that opened Johnson's coaching reign with a 39-13 victory over the Pacific Islanders at Twickenham last weekend.
Although Mathew Tait has returned to training, Johnson has kept his back division intact after their impressive performance against the Islanders.
Fullback Delon Armitage, who was man of the match at Twickenham, winger Ugo Monye and inside centre Riki Flutey will all win their second Test caps.
England's starting XV features only four of the team that began the World Cup quarter-final victory over Australia last autumn — Vickery, Andrew Sheridan and Nick Easter with Paul Sackey the only surviving back.
Australia hold the Cook Cup following their back-to-back victories over England in June 2006. England last won the trophy in November 2005.
Australia coach Robbie Deans, meanwhile, has insisted Twickenham "holds no baggage" for the Wallabies despite their poor recent record there.
Australia have lost on four of their last five visits to Twickenham and the Wallabies were also beaten in their last encounter with England, in the 2007 World Cup quarter-final.
Deans has named a side featuring only six players who featured in that 12-10 defeat in Marseille last October, with only three survivors from a pack left battered and bruised by England's forwards.
The last time Australia were at Twickenham, in 2005, the match ended in uncontested scrums after England's powerful loose-head prop Andrew Sheridan first saw off Al Baxter and then Matt Dunning.
Baxter will go up against Sheridan once again after Deans named the same Australia team that lost 19-14 to New Zealand in Hong Kong two weekends ago, except for Hugh McMeniman replacing Dean Mumm at blindside flanker.
Matt Giteau returns to start at fly-half with Stirling Mortlock and Ryan Cross, forging a powerful midfield unit.
ENGLAND:D Armitage (London Irish); P Sackey (Wasps), J Noon (Newcastle), R Flutey (Wasps), U Monye (Harlequins); D Cipriani (Wasps), D Care (Harlequins); A Sheridan (Sale Sharks), L Mears (Bath), P Vickery (Wasps), S Borthwick (Saracens, capt), T Palmer (Wasps), T Croft (Leicester), T Rees (Wasps), N Easter (Harlequins). Replacements:D Hartley (Northampton), M Stevens (Bath), S Shaw (Wasps), J Haskell (Wasps), M Lipman (Bath), H Ellis (Leicester), T Flood (Leicester).
AUSTRALIA: A Ashley-Cooper (ACT Brumbies); P Hynes (Queensland Reds), R Cross (Western Force), S Mortlock (ACT Brumbies, capt), D Mitchell (Western Force); M Giteau (Western Force), L Burgess (NSW Waratahs); B Robinson (NSW Waratahs), S Moore (Queensland Reds), A Baxter (NSW Waratahs), M Chisholm (ACT Brumbies), N Sharpe (Western Force), H McMeniman (Queensland Reds), G Smith (ACT Brumbies), R Brown (Western Force). Replacements: T Polota-Nau (NSW Waratahs), M Dunning (NSW Waratahs), D Mumm (NSW Waratahs), W Palu (NSW Waratahs), S Cordingley (Queensland Reds), Q Cooper (Queensland Reds), D Ioane (Queensland Reds).
