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Tigers in England 22 for Six Nations opener

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England team manager Martin Johnson has named four Leicester Tigers players in his squad for the opening game of the 2010 RBS 6 Nations against Wales at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday (5pm).

Lewis Moody is selected at openside while the replacements include uncapped prop Dan Cole. Cole is joined on the bench by lock Louis Deacon and fly-half Toby Flood.

The side shows six changes from the one that started England's last international against New Zealand in the autumn including the return from injury of full-back Delon Armitage (London Irish), centre Riki Flutey (CA Brive) and No8 Nick Easter (Harlequins).

England
15 Delon Armitage (London Irish)
14 Mark Cueto (Sale Sharks)
13 Mathew Tait (Sale Sharks)
12 Riki Flutey (CA Brive)
11 Ugo Monye (Harlequins)
10 Jonny Wilkinson (RC Toulon)
9 Danny Care (Harlequins)
1 Tim Payne (London Wasps)
2 Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints)
3 David Wilson (Bath Rugby)
4 Simon Shaw (London Wasps)
5 Steve Borthwick (Saracens, captain)
6 James Haskell (Stade Francais)
7 Lewis Moody (Leicester Tigers)
8 Nick Easter (Harlequins)

Replacements
16 Steve Thompson (CA Brive)
17 Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers)
18 Louis Deacon (Leicester Tigers)

19 Steffon Armitage (London Irish)
20 Paul Hodgson (London Irish)
21 Toby Flood (Leicester Tigers)
22 Ben Foden (Northampton Saints)