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Jones makes changes to England squad for Australia Test

19 Nov 2018

England players line up before Test with Japan. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)

Eddie Jones has selected 28 players to assemble today to prepare for England’s final November Test of against Australia at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday.

The biggest casualty is Harlequins scrum half Danny Care, with Jones electing to retain Leicester’s Ben Youngs and veteran Saracens scrum half Richard Wigglesworth. Alex Lozowski is also omitted.

Zach Mercer drops out with Nathan Hughes returning after suspension which forced him to miss the games with South Africa, New Zealand and Japan. The Wasps number 8 was banned for six weeks – with two weeks backdated – after he punched Gloucester flanker Lewis Ludlow in the head during a Premiership match on October 6th, and then tweeting ‘what a joke’ during his first disciplinary hearing.

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Watch: Eddie Jones and George Ford react to England’s sluggish 35-15 win over Japan

Hughes is likely to feature at least within the matchday 23 against the Wallabies and is in line for his 18th cap.

Bath winger Joe Cokanasiga, a try scorer on his debut in the 35-15 win over Japan, retains his place in the extended squad. Worcester flanker Ted Hill is in the squad as an apprentice.

Australia were 26-7 winners over Italy last weekend, bouncing back from their defeat to Wales the previous week.

Forwards
Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby)
Jamie George (Saracens)
Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints)
Alec Hepburn (Exeter Chiefs)
Ted Hill (Worcester Warriors) *
Nathan Hughes (Wasps)
Maro Itoje (Saracens)
Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints)
Ben Moon (Exeter Chiefs)
Brad Shields (Wasps)
Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins)
Elliott Stooke (Bath Rugby)
Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby)
Harry Williams (Exeter Chiefs)
Mark Wilson (Newcastle Falcons)

Backs
Chris Ashton (Sale Sharks)
Joe Cokanasiga (Bath Rugby)
Elliot Daly (Wasps)
Owen Farrell (Saracens)
George Ford (Leicester Tigers)
Piers Francis (Northampton Saints)
Jonny May (Leicester Tigers)
Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs)
Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs)
Ben Te’o (Worcester Warriors)
Manu Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers)
Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens)
Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers)

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DM 5 minutes ago

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We can’t be starting Barrett at 10.

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DM 6 minutes ago

‘Current form doesn’t matter’: Commentator on potential All Blacks midfield

Agree - there is a crop that just needs to go. Would include Beauden Barrett in that group. He can’t go to Japan fast enough.

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DM 7 minutes ago

‘Current form doesn’t matter’: Commentator on potential All Blacks midfield

You are absolutely dreaming if you think Tupaea is faster than TT. Likewise doesn’t TT have the most jackals in the comp?

What actual stats are you referring to? If the Highlanders had the Chiefs forwards they would probably up the top as well.

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DM 9 minutes ago

‘Current form doesn’t matter’: Commentator on potential All Blacks midfield

Can you point to any specific stats though? Just saying "stats" isn’t proving anything here…

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SM 44 minutes ago

‘Current form doesn’t matter’: Commentator on potential All Blacks midfield

Can’t pass can’t read the game Can't be center .Hopefully there's a clean out this year should have happened last year, and Barrett needs to start at 10 .

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He did JW, and has played at 6 and lock as well.

And I agree on your point re. real bolters - I’m not a big fan of the term, truth be told.

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Interesting take on the locking stable at qld. Who are you putting as the single #5?

My take is that it seems that Blyth/LSL tandom on the 5 side, while canham/smith play the 80 and are more mobile. Good depth to have, though I doubt we will hold onto them all next season.

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Down where? They certainly lost support through the Irish series first loss and coach debacle following that, and I wouldn’t be surprised of those are a few coming on here complaining about how bad Richie was in Black. They just didn’t see how good he was.

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Razor has an about turn on All Blacks eligibility rules

LOL Savea was garbage last year!

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JW 2 hours ago

Razor has an about turn on All Blacks eligibility rules

Yep, another problem!

I think he would have, in the instance I mentioned, which wasn’t changing anything other than correctly applying todays eligibility quidelines. Which is an arbitrary construct, as the deal likely would have played out completely differently, but I just ‘allowed’ him to have 1 year sabbatically for his ‘loyalty’, rather than having some arbitrary number like 70 caps required.

So if Richie had a 3 year deal, and the first year he was allowed to use him still, I don’t think he’d really not transition to Dmac being his main 10, as he’s obviously the only one he can use for the following two years, therefore likely his only real option for the WC (very hard for Richie to overtake him in such a short time). Richie would purely be a security net in a situation like I proposition where there are only small changes to the eligibility.

The system is not working well enough though, as we don’t have the Rugby Championship or World Cup trophies, do we? Well on that last question, that’s all I’m really saying but I would not believe a word this author says, so it’s entirely a ‘what if’ discussion, but if the author is right and now they are actually going to be more flexible, I think that’s great yeah. Ultimately thought I think those two players were an anomaly signing their contracts and futures up so far ahead, especially of when they were performing. Both jumped at the opportunity of good contracts when their All Black prospects weren’t looking that bright.

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mused 2 hours ago

Why Les Kiss and Stuart Lancaster can lead Australia to glory

Ya, that reds lineout on the weekend was a mess. But as a lineout jumper of absolutely no repute back in the day, I used to hate hookers throwing the ball at my hips. And that was before I had jumped…

Years ago, I would have said for Lancaster to stay away from the political mess that was RA. It seems different at the moment, but time will tell. Interesting turn of events if he gets the job. I’m not in a hurry for kiss to leave the reds. He is doing good things with this squad.

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