Samoa make three changes for England Test at Twickenham
Thursday 23 November 2017 07:19, UK
Samoa have made three changes for their third and final autumn Test against England on Saturday, live on Sky Sports Action from 2.30pm.
Sale's TJ Ioane comes into the back row as Jack Lam shifts to No 8 and Ofisa Treviranus drops to the bench, while lock Josh Tyrell wins his second cap alongside captain Chris Vui.
Bristol centre Alapati Leiua is preferred to Rey Lee-Lo and partners Kieron Fonotia, with Tim Nanai-Williams continuing at fly-half.
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Samoa have lost successive November Tests against Scotland and Romania in a tour dominated by off-field issues, and they have been beaten in all seven previous meetings against England.
Samoa: 15 Ahsee Tuala, 14 Paul Perez, 13 Kieron Fonotia, 12 Alapati Leiua, 11 David Lemi, 10 Tim Nanai-Williams, 9 Dwayne Polataivao; 1 Jordan Lay, 2 Motu Matu'u, 3 Donald Brighouse, 4 Josh Tyrell, 5 Chris Vui (c), 6 Piula Faasalele, 7 TJ Ioane, 8 Jack Lam.
Replacements: 16 Manu Leiataua, 17 James Lay, 18 Hisa Sasagi, 19 Faatiga Lemalu, 20 Ofisa Treviranus, 21 Melani Matavao, 22 Rey Lee-Lo, 23 JJ Taulagi.
