England Team to Face Wales - RWC warm up 2011

Manusamoa Tuilagi will make his England debut against Wales on Saturday

The Leicester Tigers centre will start at outside centre as England continue their Rugby World Cup build-up in the first leg of a home and away double header against the Welsh.

“I’m really proud to be winning my first cap,” said the 20-year-old Aviva Premiership Young Player of the Year, who impressed for England Saxons last season. “There is a lot of competition for places and I just want to take this chance and do the best I can for the team. The boys have worked hard during the camp but now we have to perform against Wales. ”

Tuilagi will partner London Wasps’ Riki Flutey, while flyhalf Jonny Wilkinson will win his 86th cap and Delon Armitage also gets a start at fullback.

Lewis Moody captains the side in a pack that also sees Matt Stevens start an international for the first time since November 2008, while there are bench call-ups for the uncapped Saracens lock Mouritz Botha and Gloucester wing Charlie Sharples.

England
15 Delon Armitage (London Irish)
14 Matt Banahan (Bath Rugby)
13 Manusamoa Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers)
12 Riki Flutey (London Wasps)
11 Mark Cueto (Sale Sharks)
10 Jonny Wilkinson (Toulon)
9 Danny Care (Harlequins)
1 Alex Corbisiero (London Irish)
2 Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints)
3 Matt Stevens (Saracens)
4 Simon Shaw (Unattached)
5 Tom Palmer (Stade Francais)
6 Tom Croft (Leicester Tigers)
7 Lewis Moody (capt, Bath Rugby)
8 James Haskell (Ricoh Black Rams)
Replacements
16 Lee Mears (Bath Rugby)
17 Dave Wilson (Bath Rugby)
18 Mouritz Botha (Saracens)
19 Tom Wood (Northampton Saints)
20 Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens)
21 Charlie Hodgson (Saracens)
22 Charlie Sharples (Gloucester Rugby)