England host Samoa in the Autumn international Series at: Twickenham on Saturday, 20 November 2010 with Kick-off at: 1430 GMT. There is live coverage on Sky Sports 1.
Nick Easter will captain England for the first time in a full Test as Martin Johnson makes 4 changes from the team that beat Australia. Hendre Fourie takes over from Lewis Moody who is rested, whilst Matt Banahan takes over from Tindall at outside centre, David Wilson replaces Cole and James Haskell Tom Croft.
Samoa, whose starting line-up is unchanged from the XV who narrowly lost to Ireland last weekend, will come into the match with the confidence of a victory behind them, after a second-string side beat the Combined Services 66-25 at Kingsholm on Wednesday.
Teams
England: 15-Ben Foden, 14-Chris Ashton, 13-Matt Banahan, 12-Shontayne Hape, 11-Mark Cueto, 10-Toby Flood, 9-Ben Youngs; 1-Andrew Sheridan, 2-Dylan Hartley, 3-David Wilson, 4-Courtney Lawes, 5-Tom Palmer, 6-James Haskell, 7-Hendrie Fourie, 8-Nick Easter (capt).
Replacements: 16-Steve Thompson, 17-Dan Cole, 18-Dave Attwood, 19-Tom Croft, 20-Danny Care, 21-Charlie Hodgson, 22-Delon Armitage.
Samoa: 15-P Williams; 14-D Lemi, 13-G Pisi, 12-S Mapusua, 11-A Tuilagi; 10-T Lavea, 9-K Fotualii; 1-S Taulafo, 2-M Schwalger (capt), 3-A Perenise, 4-F Levi, 5-K Thompson, 6-O Trevarinus, 7-M Salavea, 8-G Stowers.
Replacements: 16-T Paulo, 17-C Johnston, 18-I Tekori, 19-A Aiono, 20-J Polu, 21-J Helleur, 22-G Williams.
Match Officials
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (IRE)
Touch judges: Alan Lewis (IRE) & Cobus Wessels (RSA)
TV: Giulio De Santis (ITA)