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Tigers retain places in England line-up

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Six Leicester Tigers player will start Saturday's QBE International for England against Australia at Twickenham.

England have made just one change to the team that beat Fiji convincingly last weekend, with Chris Ashton returning after a one-match suspension. Charlie Sharples moves to the left wing in place of Ugo Monye.

Head coach Stuart Lancaster said: "To select 23 from a squad of 30-plus who have trained so well, with such intensity and focus, was difficult but it's a good position to be in. The ‘team first’ mentality of all our squad has impressed us greatly.

"We were pleased with lots of aspects of our performance last week, but we need to improve this week and, by having some consistency in selection, we allow those players to demonstrate we can step up to the next level against what will be a very tough Australian side."

Tom Youngs wins his second cap after his impressive debut against Fiji, while Dan Cole, Geoff Parling and Thomas Waldrom are also included in the forward pack. Tigers colleagues Toby Flood and Manu Tuilagi are in the backline.

Leicester scrum-half Ben Youngs is named among the replacements.

England (v Australia, Twickenham Stadium, Saturday 2.30pm)
15 Alex Goode (Saracens, 3 caps)
14 Chris Ashton (Saracens, 26 caps)
13 Manusamoa Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers, 14 caps)
12 Brad Barritt (Saracens, 8 caps)
11 Charlie Sharples (Gloucester Rugby, 3 caps)
10 Toby Flood (Leicester Tigers, 51 caps)
9 Danny Care (Harlequins, 34 caps)
1 Joe Marler (Harlequins, 4 caps)
2 Tom Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 1 cap)
3 Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers, 32 caps)

4 Tom Palmer (London Wasps, 41 caps)
5 Geoff Parling (Leicester Tigers, 9 caps)
6 Tom Johnson (Exeter Chiefs, 4 caps)
7 Chris Robshaw (Harlequins, 9 caps) (c)
8 Thomas Waldrom (Leicester Tigers, 3 caps)

Replacements

16 David Paice (London Irish, 3 caps)
17 David Wilson (Bath Rugby, 20 caps)
18 Mako Vunipola (Saracens, 1 cap)
19 Joe Launchbury (London Wasps, 1 cap)
20 Tom Wood (Northampton Saints, 10 caps)
21 Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 25 caps)
22 Owen Farrell (Saracens, 9 caps)
23 Mike Brown (Harlequins, 8 caps)

Australia
15 Berrick Barnes (NSW Waratahs)
14 Digby Ioane (Queensland Reds)
13 Adam Ashley-Cooper (NSW Waratahs)
12 Ben Tapuai (Queensland Reds)
11 Nick Cummins (Western Force)
10 Kurtley Beale (Melbourne Rebels)
9 Nick Phipps (Melbourne Rebels)
1 Benn Robinson (NSW Waratahs)
2 Tatafu Polota Nau (NSW Waratahs)
3 Ben Alexander (Brumbies)
4 Sitaleki Timani (NSW Waratahs)
5 Nathan Sharpe (Western Force, captain)
6 Dave Dennis (NSW Waratahs)
7 Michael Hooper (NSW Waratahs)
8 Wycliff Palu (NSW Waratahs)

Replacements
16 Stephen Moore (Brumbies)
17 James Slipper (Queensland Reds)
18 Sekope Kepu (NSW Waratahs)
19 Radike Samo (Queensland Reds)
20 Liam Gill (Queensland Reds)
21 Brett Sheehan (Western Force)
22 Mike Harris (Queensland Reds)
23 Drew Mitchell (NSW Waratahs)