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England team to play the USA
England fly-half Jonny Wilkinson will miss match against the United States in Lens on Saturday. This gives Ollie Barkley the 10 shirt.
Veteran Wasps forward Lawrence Dallaglio will start at number eight.Captain Phil Vickery is back at tight-head after recovering from the head injury sustained against France in the final warm-up game, while Mike Catt and Jamie Noon will form the centre partnership. Andy Farrell is on the bench, alongside ex-England captain Martin Corry.
Dallaglio forms an all-Wasps back row with Joe Worsley and Tom Rees, while Harlequins number eight Nick Easter drops out of the 22-man squad entirely. The team contains five players Josh Lewsey, Jason Robinson, Vickery, Kay and Dallaglio from the XV which started for England when they beat Australia in the 2003 final, while Mike Catt came on as a late replacement in Sydney.
England: M Cueto (Sale), J Lewsey (Wasps), J Noon (Newcastle), M Catt (London Irish), J Robinson, O Barkley (Bath), S Perry (Bristol), A Sheridan (Sale), M Regan (Bristol) P Vickery (Wasps, capt), S Shaw (Wasps), B Kay (Leicester), J Worsley (Wasps), T Rees (Wasps)and L Dallaglio (Wasps).
Replacements: G Chuter (Leicester), M Stevens (Bath), M Corry (Leicester), L Moody (Leicester), P Richards (London Irish), A Farrell (Saracens)and M Tait (Newcastle).
