Johnson set to claim yet another England cap

Marc Astley
Authored by Marc Astley
Posted Friday, November 16, 2012 - 11:16am

Exeter Chiefs flanker Tom Johnson is due to pick up his fifth England cap after being picked for the team that will take on Australia tomorrow.

The in-form player claimed his first ecer try in the international match against Fiji last weekend.

Johnson and his team can be seen in action on Sky Sports 1 (kick-off 2.30pm).

TEAM LINE-UPS

England: 15-Alex Goode, 14-Chris Ashton, 13-Manu Tuilagi, 12-Brad Barritt, 11-Charlie Sharples, 10-Toby Flood, 9-Danny Care; 1-Joe Marler, 2-Tom Youngs, 3-Dan Cole, 4-Geoff Parling, 5-Tom Palmer, 6-Tom Johnson, 7-Chris Robshaw (captain), 8-Thomas Waldron.

Replacements: 16-David Paice, 17-Dave Wilson, 18-Mako Vunipola, 19-Joe Launchbury, 20-Tom Wood, 21-Ben Youngs, 22-Owen Farrell, 23-Mike Brown.

Australia: 15-Berrick Barnes, 14-Digby Ioane, 13-Adam Ashley-Cooper, 12-Ben Tapuai, 11-Nick Cummins, 10-Kurtley Beale, 9-Nick Phipps; 1-Benn Robinson, 2-Tatafu Polota Nau, 3-Ben Alexander, 4-Sitaleki Timani, 5-Nathan Sharpe (captain), 6-Dave Dennis, 7-Michael Hooper, 8-Wycliff Palu.

Replacements: 16-Stephen Moore, 17-James Slipper, 18-Sekope Kepu, 19-Radike Samo, 20-Liam Gill, 21-Brett Sheehan, 22-Mike Harris, 23-Drew Mitchell.

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee : Romain Poite (France)

Assistant referees : Nigel Owens (Wales), Mathieu Raynal (France)

TV : Jim Yuille (Scotland)

 

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