England v Argentina 15/6/13 - Team Announcement


By RFU Press Office
June 13 2013

MARLAND YARDE will win his first England cap against Argentina this weekend.The 21 year-old from London Irish comes into the side on the left wing to face the Pumas at Velez Sarsfield in Buenos Aires on Saturday (20:10 BST, live on BBC2).Coverage of England v Argentina starts on BBC2 at 20:00 BST on Saturday

Marland Yarde training with England in Argentina

 

Bath Rugby’s Kyle Eastmond, who made his Test debut in last Saturday’s 32-3 win in Salta, will start for the first time in the No.12 shirt vacated by Lions-bound centre Billy Twelvetrees (Gloucester Rugby).

And fly half Stephen Myler (Northampton Saints) will win a first cap if he comes off the replacements’ bench.

England are bidding to secure a first series win in Argentina since 1981, when Bill Beaumont’s tourists drew the first and won the second of their two Tests.

Head Coach Stuart Lancaster said: “It is great to reward young players who have pushed through this season. They have worked hard to earn their opportunities on this tour.

“This is a young England side which made a very positive start to the series in Salta. But we expect Argentina to come back very strongly in front of a big home crowd. It’s a great challenge and one we are all looking forward to.”

Watch Stuart Lancaster discuss England’s team selection on www.rfu.com

ENGLAND TEAM
15 Mike Brown (Harlequins, 17 caps)
14 Christian Wade (Wasps, 1 cap)
13 Jonathan Joseph (London Irish, 5 caps)
12 Kyle Eastmond (Bath Rugby, 1 cap)
11 Marland Yarde (London Irish, uncapped)
10 Freddie Burns (Gloucester Rugby, 2 caps)
9 Lee Dickson (Northampton Saints, 8 caps)
1 Joe Marler (Harlequins, 11 caps)
2 Rob Webber (Bath Rugby, 4 caps)
3 David Wilson (Bath Rugby, 27 caps)
4 Joe Launchbury (London Wasps, 10 caps)
5 Dave Attwood (Bath Rugby, 3 caps)
6 Tom Wood (Northampton Saints, 19 caps, captain)
7 Matt Kvesic (Worcester Warriors, 1 cap)
8 Ben Morgan (Gloucester Rugby, 11 caps)

Replacements
16 David Paice (London Irish, 7 caps)
17 Paul Doran Jones (Northampton Saints, 5 caps)
18 Henry Thomas (Sale Sharks, 1 cap)
19 Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints, 21 caps)
20 Billy Vunipola (London Wasps, 1 cap)
21 Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens, 13 caps)
22 Stephen Myler (Northampton Saints, uncapped)
23 Ben Foden (Northampton Saints, 31 caps)

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