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England named unchanged XV to face Flying Fijians

England named unchanged XV to face Flying Fijians
England wing Anthony Watson

England have named an unchanged starting XV for their Rugby World Cup opener against the Vodafone Flying Fijians, with Ben Morgan preferred over Billy Vunipola at number eight.

There is one change on the bench where Rob Webber comes in for Jamie George but otherwise it's the same 23 that beat Ireland just over a week ago.

Ben Youngs will pick up his 50th cap as the Leicester Tigers scrum‑half, first capped in 2010, lines up for the opening game of the 2015 tournament.

Anthony Watson gets his chance to clash with Nadolo at number 14.

Sam Burgess has been listed on the bench.

England coach Stuart Lancaster says the squad is massively excited to start the World Cup and everyone has worked incredibly hard over the last three months and they are ready.

Fiji will take on England at 7am this Saturday in Twickenham.

England: 15 Mike Brown, 14 Anthony Watson, 13 Jonathan Joseph, 12 Brad Barritt, 11 Jonny May, 10 George Ford, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Ben Morgan, 7 Chris Robshaw, 6 Tom Wood, 5 Geoff Parling, 4 Courtney Lawes, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Tom Youngs, 1 Joe Marler.

Replacements: 16 Rob Webber, 17 Mako Vunipola, 18 Kieran Brookes, 19 Joe Launchbury, 20 Billy Vunipola, 21 Richard Wigglesworth, 22 Owen Farrell, 23 Sam Burgess.

Source: Planetrugby.com

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