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Tigers kick off World Cup with England

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Six Leicester Tigers have been named in the England squad for the opening match in the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand on Saturday.

Manu Tuilagi, Dan Cole, Louis Deacon and Tom Croft have been selected by England team manager Martin Johnson to start the match against Argentina in the Otago Stadium in Dunedin on Saturday (2030 NZ, 0930 BST). Their club colleagues Ben Youngs and Toby Flood are named among the replacements.

Tigers team-mate Marcos Ayerza, a bronze medallist at the 2007 tournament, is not included in the Argentina matchday 22.

England (v Argentina, Saturday)
15 Ben Foden (Northampton Saints)
14 Chris Ashton (Northampton Saints)
13 ManusamoaTuilagi (Leicester Tigers)
12 Mike Tindall (Gloucester Rugby) (c)
11 Delon Armitage (London Irish)
10 Jonny Wilkinson (Toulon)
9 Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens)
1 Andrew Sheridan (Sale Sharks)
2 Steve Thompson (London Wasps)
3 Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers)
4 Louis Deacon (Leicester Tigers)

5 Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints)
6 Tom Croft (Leicester Tigers)
7 James Haskell (Ricoh Black Rams)
8 Nick Easter (Harlequins)

Replacements
16 Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints)
17 Matt Stevens (Saracens)
18 Tom Palmer (Stade Francais)
19 Tom Wood (Northampton Saints)
20 Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers)
21 Toby Flood (Leicester Tigers)

22 Matt Banahan (Bath Rugby)