International Selections.
Scotland and France each include three new caps in their sides for Saturday’s internationals against Romania and South Africa.
France: (v South Africa, Marseille, 8.45).
15 Nicolas Brusque (Biarritz), 14 Vincent Clerc (Toulouse), 13 Damien Traille (Pau), 12 Thomas Castaignhde (Saracens), 11 Cedric Heymans (Toulouse), 10 Frangois Gelez (Agen), 9 Fabien Galthii (Stade Frangais, captain), 8 Imanol Harinordoquy (Pau), 7 Olivier Magne (Montferrand), 6 Serge Betsen (Biarritz), 5 Fabien Pelous (Toulouse), 4 Olivier Brouzet (Montferrand), 3 Pieter de Villiers (Stade Frangais), 2 Raphael Ibanez (Castres), 1 Jean-Jacques Crenca (Agen).
Replacements: 16 Sylvain Marconnet (Stade Frangais), 17 Jean-Baptiste Rue (Agen), 18 Thibault Privat (Biziers), 19 Sebastiin Chabal (Bourgoin), 20 Dmitri Yachvili (Biarritz), 21 Girald Merceron (Montferrand), 22 Xavier Garbajosa (Toulouse).
England (v New Zealand, Twickenham, 2.30).
: 15 Jason Robinson (Sale Sharks), 14 James Simpson-Daniel (Gloucester), 13 Will Greenwood (Harlequins), 12 Mike Tindall (Bath), 11 Ben Cohen (Northampton), 10 Jonny Wilkinson (Newcastle, vice-captain), 9 Matt Dawson (Northampton), 8 Lawrence Dallaglio (Wasps), 7 Richard Hill (Saracens), 6 Lewis Moody (Leicester), 5 Danny Grewcock (Bath), 4 Martin Johnson (Leicester, captain), 3 Phil Vickery (Gloucester, vice-captain), 2 Steve Thompson (Northampton), 1 Trevor Woodman (Gloucester).
Replacements: 16 Mark Regan (Leeds), 17 Jason Leonard (Harlequins), 18 Ben Kay (Leicester), 19 Neil Back (Leicester), 20 Austin Healey (Leicester), 21 Ben Johnston (Saracens), 22 Tim Stimpson (Leicester).
Scotland: (v Romania, Murrayfield. 4.30).
15 Stuart Moffat (Glasgow), 14 Nikki Walker (Borders), 13 Andy Craig (Orrell), 12 Brendan Laney (Edinburgh), 11 Chris Paterson (Edinburgh), 10 Gordon Ross (Leeds Tykes), 9 Bryan Redpath (Sharks – CAPTAIN), 8 Simon Taylor (Edinburgh), 7 Budge Pountney (Northampton Saints), 6 Martin Leslie (Edinburgh), 5 Stuart Grimes (Newcastle Falcons), 4 Scott Murray (Edinburgh), 3 Bruce Douglas (Borders), 2 Gordon Bulloch (Glasgow), 1 Tom Smith (Northampton Saints).
Replacements: 16 Steve Scott (Borders), 17 Mattie Stewart (Northampton Saints), 18 Nathan Hines (Edinburgh), 19 Jon Petrie (Glasgow), 20 Graeme Beveridge (Glasgow), 21 Gregor Townsend (Borders), 22 Ben Hinshelwood (Worcester).
New Zealand: Ben Blair; Doug Howlett, Tana Umaga, Keith Lowen, Jonah Lomu; Carlos Spencer, Steve Devine; Sam Broomhall, Marty Holah, Taine Randell (capt), Ali Williams, Keith Robinson, Kees Meeuws, Andrew Hore, Joe McDonnell.
Reserves: Keven Mealamu, Carl Hayman, Bradley Mika, Rodney So’oialo, Danny Lee, Andrew Mehrtens, Mark Robinson