England team to play France on Saturday 1700 KO

The team to play France at Twickenham on the 11th August has been announced. Backs: Abendanon (Bath), Sackey (Wasps), Noon (Newcastle), Catt (London Irish, capt) Lewsey (Wasps), Barkley (Bath), Perry (Bristol)
Forwards: Sheridan (Sale), Regan (Bristol), Stevens (Bath), Shaw (Wasps), Kay (Leicester), Haskell (Wasps), Moody (Leicester,) Dallaglio (Wasps).
Replacements: Mears (Bath), Vickery (Wasps), Corry (Leicester), Worsley (Wasps), Gomarsall (Harlequins), Wilkinson (Newcastle), Cipriani (Wasps)

Shaun Perry, Andrew Sheridan, Simon Shaw and Mark Regan are the only survivors from the starting line up against Wales. Nick Abendanon starts at 15 and Olly Barkley gets a chance to stake his World Cup claim at fly-half, while Mike Catt captains the side from centre. With Dan Ward-Smith out of the squad things look good for Lawrence Dallaglio who starts at 8.

England will face a much sterner test this week from a strong French pack the final starting line-up will be named on Thursday, but the 22 are:

Backs: C Poitrenaud; A Rougerie, C Heymans, V Clerc, D Marty, Y Jauzion, D Skrela, F Michalak, P Mignoni, J-B Elissalde.
Forwards: R Ibanez, D Szarzewski, J-B Poux, P de Villiers, O Milloud, J Thion, F Pelous, S Chabal, S Betsen, R Martin, Y Nyanga, J Bonnaire.

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