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Cole and Youngs start for England v Australia

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Leicester Tigers duo Dan Cole and Ben Youngs retain their places for England's final match of the autumn internationals against Australia at Twickenham on Saturday (kick-off 2.30pm).

Cole will earn his 69th international cap while Youngs will make his 65th appearance for his country.

Head coach Eddie Jones makes two changes to his side. Nathan Hughes (Wasps) starts his first game for England at number 8 replacing Billy Vunipola (Saracens) who was injured during last weekend’s victory over Argentina.

Marland Yarde (Harlequins) returns to the right-wing in a starting side which contains 607 caps. The bench remains unchanged.

Jones said: “We’ve played three Test matches on the trot which is important because it replicates a World Cup pool. You get through the pool you then need to win every game to win the World Cup. We’ve won three from three so it’s a great dress rehearsal for the World Cup. We need to win this game to progress to the next stage. You can’t just win three games to go through, Japan showed that, so we’ve got to get in that practice of winning four games on the trot against quality opposition.”

There will be full coverage on big screens in Final Whistle at Welford Road and also on the pitchside screens when turnstiles open at 3.30pm ahead of Tigers' Aviva Premiership clash with Northampton Saints.

Tigers against Saints is a 5.00pm kick-off. Terrace tickets are sold out but seats are still available throughout the stadium for one of the biggest games of the Aviva Premiership season.

Book your place now at the Tigers ticket office. Call in at Welford Road or phone 0116 319 8888 (option 2) 9am-5pm Monday-Saturday.

Or click here to book online any time.

England match-day 23 for the Old Mutual Wealth Series game against Australia
15 Mike Brown (vice captain, Harlequins, 54 caps)
14 Marland Yarde (Harlequins 10 caps)
13 Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby, 28 caps)
12 Owen Farrell (vice captain, Saracens, 46 caps)
11 Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby, 21 caps)
10 George Ford (Bath Rugby, 29 caps)
9 Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 64 caps)
1 Mako Vunipola (Saracens, 38 caps)
2 Dylan Hartley (captain, Northampton Saints, 78 caps)
3 Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers, 68 caps)
4 Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints, 52 caps)
5 George Kruis (Saracens, 19 caps) 
6 Chris Robshaw (Harlequins, 54 caps)
7 Tom Wood (Northampton Saints, 44 caps)
8 Nathan Hughes (Wasps, 2 caps) 
 
Replacements
16 Jamie George (Saracens, 11 caps)
17 Joe Marler (Harlequins, 45 caps)
18 Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins, 3 caps)
19 Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby, 2 caps)
20 Teimana Harrison (Northampton Saints, 4 caps)
21 Danny Care (Harlequins, 65 caps)
22 Ben Te’o (Worcester Warriors, 2 caps)
23 Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs, 4 caps)