England v Scotland: Teams
It is crunch time for England and Scotland with the old rivals on a collision course for a quarter-final place.
Last Updated: 30/09/11 5:34am
It is crunch time for England and Scotland with the old rivals on a collision course for a place in the quarter-finals.
England are in pole position for a place in the last eight having won all three of their pool games - however that could count for nothing if they fail to pick up at least a point at Eden Park.
And with Argentina, who face Georgia on Sunday, still in the mix for a place in the knockout stages, the pressure is on both sides to get the result.
England have made three changes to their line-up, with Delon Armitage, Matt Stevens and Courtney Lawes recalled.
Agonising
Armiage replaces Mark Cueto on the wing, Stevens has recovered from injury to take the place of Alex Corbisiero and Lawes gets the nod ahead of Tom Palmer after serving a two-match ban.
Fit-again Nick Easter also returns to the squad, with the Harlequins No.8 named on the bench.
Scotland have made six changes of personnel and a positional switch following the agonising 13-12 defeat to the Pumas.
Alastair Kellock, Euan Murray, Richie Vernon, Mike Blair, Simon Danielli and Joe Ansbro come into the line-up, while Sean Lamont moves to inside centre.
Jim Hamilton, Geoff Cross, Kelly Brown, Rory Lawson and Graeme Morrison all miss out on a place in the match-day squad, although Nick De Luca is named on the bench.
England: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Manu Tuilagi, 12 Mike Tindall, 11 Delon Armitage, 10 Jonny Wilkinson, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 James Haskell, 7 Lewis Moody (c), 6 Tom Croft, 5 Courtney Lawes, 4 Louis Deacon, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Steve Thompson, 1 Matt Stevens.
Replacements: 16 Dylan Hartley, 17 Alex Corbisiero, 18 Tom Palmer, 19 Nick Easter, 20 Richard Wigglesworth, 21 Toby Flood, 22 Matt Banahan
Scotland: 15 Chris Paterson, 14 Max Evans, 13 Joe Ansbro, 12 Sean Lamont, 11 Simon Danielli, 10 Ruaridh Jackson, 9 Mike Blair, 8 Richie Vernon, 7 John Barclay, 6 Ally Strokosch, 5 Alastair Kellock (c), 4 Richie Gray, 3 Euan Murray, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Allan Jacobsen.
Replacements:16 Scott Lawson, 17 Alasdair Dickinson, 18 Nathan Hines, 19 Ross Rennie, 20 Chris Cusiter, 21 Dan Parks, 22 Nick de Luca.
