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Stuart Lancaster Makes Big Calls With England Team To Face Australia

Stuart Lancaster Makes Big Calls With England Team To Face Australia
Gary Reilly
By Gary Reilly
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Stick with Burgess? Ford or Farrell? Stuart Lancaster had some big calls to make this week ahead of Saturday's key Pool A clash with Australia and now he's made them.

The big news is that, as anticipated, Sam Burgess is out. The Bath centre is replaced by Jonathan Joseph who returns from injury while Brad Barritt and Owen Farrell keep their places after the devastating defeat to Wales last weekend.

England team to face Australia:

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15. Mike Brown (Harlequins)
14. Anthony Watson (Bath)
13. Jonathan Joseph  (Bath)
12. Brad Barritt (Saracens)
11. Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby)
10. Owen Farrell (Saracens)
9. Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers)

1. Joe Marler (Harlequins)
2. Tom Youngs (Leicester Tigers)
3. Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers)
4. Joe Launchbury (Wasps)
5. Geoff Parling (Exeter Chiefs)
6. Tom Wood (Northampton Saints)
7. Chris Robshaw (captain, Harlequins)
8. Ben Morgan (Gloucester Rugby)

Michael Cheika named his Wallabies team earlier on Thursday and, as expected, it's all change from the win over Uruguay. The former Leinster coach has made 14 changes in total as he reverts to the team that defeated Fiji in their opening Pool A game.

Australia team to face England:

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15 Israel Folau, 14 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 13 Tevita Kuridrani, 12 Matt Giteau, 11 Rob Horne, 10 Bernard Foley, 9 Will Genia; 1 Scott Sio, 2 Stephen Moore, 3 Sekope Kepu, 4 Kane Douglas, 5 Rob Simmons, 6 Scott Fardy, 7 Michael Hooper, 8 David Pocock.

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