Australia name unchanged side for England Test at Twickenham
Thursday 16 November 2017 14:47, UK
Australia have named an unchanged starting XV for the autumn international against England at Twickenham on Saturday.
The Wallabies beat Wales 29-21 in Cardiff last weekend, and coach Michael Cheika has decided to keep faith with the same players for the England Test, live on Sky Sports from 2pm.
Michael Hooper starts at seven, and will captain the side. Will Genia and Bernard Foley are scrum-half and fly-half respectively, and both are named as vice-captains.
Kurtley Beale, who has 69 caps, will start at full-back, and there is also plenty of experience on the replacements bench.
Stephen Moore will win his 128th cap if he comes on. Cheika has named nine replacements, but they will have to be reduced to eight for Saturday's Test.
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Cheika has picked the strongest side available, but the good news for England is that the Wallabies are without two of their best players - Israel Folau and David Pocock, who have both been permitted to miss the tour to Europe.
Australia: 15 Kurtley Beale; 14 Marika Koroibete, 13 Tevita Kuridrani, 12 Samu Kerevi; 11 Reece Hodge, 10 Bernard Foley, 9 Will Genia; 1 Scott Sio, 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 3 Sekope Kepu; 4 Rob Simmons, 5 Adam Coleman; 6 Ned Hanigan, 7 Michael Hooper (c), 8 Sean McMahon.
Replacements*: 16 Stephen Moore, 17 Tom Robertson, 18 Allan Alaalatoa, 19 Matt Philip, 20 Ben McCalman, 21 Lopeti Timani, 22 Nick Phipps, 23 Karmichael Hunt, 24 Henry Speight.
*one to be omitted
