England unchanged against Australia after losing to All Blacks
LONDON (AP) — England opted against making any changes in personnel for the visit of Australia on Saturday after being edged by New Zealand last weekend.
A 24-22 defeat by the All Blacks opened England's autumn series and the same XV has been retained for the second of four tests at Twickenham this month.
England coach Steve Borthwick has made a positional switch in midfield, however, where Henry Slade and Ollie Lawrence have swapped places.
The only adjustments in personnel were made to the bench where Luke Cowan-Dickie replaced Theo Dan at hooker and Ben Curry made way to accommodate a return to a 5-3 split between forwards and backs.
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England: George Furbank, Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, Ollie Lawrence, Henry Slade, Tommy Freeman, Marcus Smith, Ben Spencer; Ben Earl, Tom Curry, Chandler Cunningham-South, George Martin, Maro Itoje, Will Stuart, Jamie George (captain), Ellis Genge. Reserves: Luke Cowan-Dickie, Fin Baxter, Dan Cole, Nick Isiekwe, Alex Dombrandt, Harry Randall, George Ford, Ollie Sleightholme.
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