Steve Borthwick has named six Northampton Saints players within his England side to face New Zealand at Eden Park this Saturday (13 July, kick-off: 8.05am BST).
Backs Alex Mitchell, Tommy Freeman and George Furbank all retain their places in the starting line-up from last weekend – where England narrowly lost out to the All Blacks in Dunedin (16-15) – collecting their 18th, 11th and 12th caps respectively in the third and final Test of the summer tour.
Ollie Sleightholme, who made his international debut in Dunedin last week, holds onto the No. 23 shirt, with Saints teammates Alex Coles and Fin Smith also named amongst the replacements.
England head coach Borthwick said: “Eden Park is a stadium packed with history and with memories of great rugby encounters.
“We are delighted to be playing there this Saturday in what I anticipate will be another excellent Test encounter.
“New Zealand has a formidable record at this venue, but with that comes the pressure of expectation. It will be interesting to see how New Zealand manages that expectation in front of a full house.”
England’s final clash of the summer will be shown live on Sky Sports.
ENGLAND TEAM TO FACE NEW ZEALAND
15 George Furbank (Northampton Saints, 11 caps)
14 Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (Exeter Chiefs, 5 caps)
13 Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs, 64 caps) – vice-captain
12 Ollie Lawrence (Bath Rugby, 26 caps)
11 Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints, 10 caps)
10 Marcus Smith (Harlequins, 34 caps)
9 Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints, 17 caps)
1 Fin Baxter (Harlequins, 1 cap)
2 Jamie George (Saracens, 92 caps) – captain
3 Will Stuart (Bath Rugby, 40 caps)
4 Maro Itoje (Saracens, 83 caps) – vice-captain
5 George Martin (Leicester Tigers, 14 caps)
6 Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins, 6 caps)
7 Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby, 37 caps)
8 Ben Earl (Saracens, 32 caps) – vice-captain
Replacements:
16 Theo Dan (Saracens, 13 caps)
17 Bevan Rodd (Sale Sharks, 6 caps)
18 Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers, 114 caps)
19 Alex Coles (Northampton Saints, 6 caps)
20 Tom Curry (Sale Sharks, 52 caps)
21 Ben Spencer (Bath Rugby, 6 caps)
22 Fin Smith (Northampton Saints, 4 caps)
23 Ollie Sleightholme (Northampton Saints, 1 cap)
