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Six Tigers in England 22

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England coach Andy Robinson has named six Tigers players in his matchday 22 for Saturday's clash with South Africa at Twickenham. Martin Corry moves to no.8 and retains the captaincy, with George Chuter, Julian White and Ben Kay all earning starting spots, and Lewis Moody and Andy Goode selected on the bench.

In total, Robinson has made seven personnel changes to the starting line-up for Saturday's Investec Challenge.

Mark Cueto, who has recovered from an ankle injury, comes in for right-wing Paul Sackey, while Josh Lewsey takes over from Ben Cohen on the left.

Mathew Tait, Pete Richards, Andrew Sheridan, Tom Palmer, and Joe Worsley come in for Anthony Allen, Shaun Perry, Perry Freshwater, Danny Grewcock and Lewis Moody respectively.

There are three positional switches - with Jamie Noon moving from outside to inside centre, Pat Sanderson switching to open-side flanker from No 8 and Corry packing down at the back of the scrum as opposed to on the blindside flank.

London Wasps prop Phil Vickery returns to the match squad for the first time since November 2005.

England (v South Africa, Saturday, 2.30pm, Twickenham Stadium)

15      Iain Balshaw (Gloucester Rugby)
14      Mark Cueto (Sale Sharks)
13      Mathew Tait (Newcastle Falcons)
12      Jamie Noon (Newcastle Falcons)
11      Josh Lewsey (London Wasps)
10      Charlie Hodgson (Sale Sharks)
9       Pete Richards (Gloucester Rugby)
1       Andrew Sheridan (Sale Sharks)
2       George Chuter (Leicester Tigers)
3       Julian White (Leicester Tigers)
4       Tom Palmer (London Wasps)
5       Ben Kay (Leicester Tigers)
6       Joe Worsley (London Wasps)
7       Pat Sanderson (Worcester Warriors)
8       Martin Corry (captain, Leicester Tigers)

Replacements

16      Lee Mears (Bath Rugby)
17      Phil Vickery (London Wasps)
18      Chris Jones (Sale Sharks)
19      Lewis Moody (Leicester Tigers) 
20      Shaun Perry (Bristol Rugby) 
21      Andy Goode (Leicester Tigers)
22      Toby Flood (Newcastle Falcons)