HARLEQUINS FLY-HALF Marcus Smith will pilot an England team boasting eight new caps in Sunday’s Test clash with the USA at Twickenham.
The Gallagher Premiership winner will pair up with fellow uncapped playmaker Harry Randall, with the Bristol player starting at scrum-half.
England, missing a host of British and Irish Lions stars, could hand out 12 debuts this weekend, with four more uncapped players on the bench.
Leicester full-back Freddie Steward will make his Test bow, with five uncapped forwards also in from the off.
England head coach Eddie Jones challenged the new faces to make their mark when stepping up to a new level.
“Over the past three weeks our biggest message to the players is what an opportunity this is to show what they can do and make their mark with England,” said Jones.
“They’ve applied themselves as a group and worked very hard individually during this camp to reach their personal bests.
“Now it’s all about coming together as a team, gelling and putting in a good performance at the weekend.”
1⃣2⃣ uncapped players feature in the England squad to play @USARugby on Sunday 🏴🇺🇸
— England Rugby (@EnglandRugby) July 2, 2021
We can't wait to get back to @Twickenhamstad in front of fans 🏟️
Watch live on @Channel4 with kick off at 14:00 BST ⏰#ENGvUSA #WearTheRose @O2sports pic.twitter.com/NDpwlubtYW
Uncapped Gloucester flanker Lewis Ludlow will captain Jones’ men, with Newcastle’s Callum Chick also making his Test bow in the back-row.
Sale hooker Curtis Langdon, Leicester’s Joe Heyes and Bath’s Josh McNally are the other uncapped starters.
The42 is on Instagram! Tap the button below on your phone to follow us!
what an awesome player Nacewa is. one of our best ever signings.
The Greatest Rugby Team of All-time.
Wanted urgently…..one decent referee…
Was at the game, and have to say, surprised at how undignified the Leinster fans were in defeat.
The booing was out of order. A fantastic game of rugby didn’t need that at the end.
Oh Leslie be quiet, you dont even know the reason for the boos- keep your ill informed opinions to yourself.
I was at the game. disgrace. Even Ulster stayed in their seats to clap the winners. I’m from Dublin, and know for sure that wouldn’t have happened in Munster #d4brigade #bringmorepeoplefromKildare.PS Molly Malone is a shit anthem, and repeating Leinster over and over gain, sounds really moronic
I am pretty shocked by the ref.poor decisions.Leinster are no slouches though.Come on Ospreys !!!
Nice to see the D4 Private School Elites won’t have such a smirk on their faces driving around in their BMW’s and Merc’s tomorrow.
Your mam must be so proud…
She actually is David. At least I didn’t grow up to be a wannabe wearing a Lunster jersey and supporting the goys, all just so I can fit in with my boss. There is more to aspire to in life than that.
what a narrow minded inbred little redneck you sound.
Neither did I or plenty of other fans who you’re happy to insult. I played club rugby in blanch and am glad to have a ticket to go and support players who come more and more from club teams. Snobbery is ignorant, but inverted snobbery is worse.
New Leinster sex position. On top for 76 min and still come second.
Ah for crying out loud, this blog is filled with idiots, great game of rugby disappointed they didn’t win but am delighted that all the begrudgers are happy! Including Donal lenihan! What a guy.
Fair enough we lost but this will keep us on our toes for next season when we win 3 in a row !! Well done ospreys !
Great game. Great win from Ospreys!
Great game but referee was terrible ! ISA was iconic ! O Driscoll was just about average !
I played club rugby in Blanch’s sister…
I see you gave yourself a thumbs up there john fair play cos it made no sense to anyone else.
Healy and o Brien were truly missed on the pitch today !
http://t.co/ryzy9hjm
https://twitter.com/kjetob/status/207445741101256704