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Wigglesworth to starts for England

Sale Scrum Half Richard Wigglesworth has been handed his international debut in England's Six Nations clash agaisnt France in paris on Saturday. He repalces Andy Gormarsall who has been dropped from the 22 man squad following England's less than convincing start to this year's tournament.

England coach Brian Ashton has expressed that Gormarsall has not reached the level of performance he achieved at last year's World Cup and state he felt the need for change, especially to increase the tempo at which England have ben playing he said "I feel we need a change to get some energy and tempo injected into our game. Hopefully Richard Wigglesworth can do that".

England XV to face France
Balshaw (Gloucester); Sackey (Wasps), Noon (Newcastle), Flood (Newcastle), Vainikolo (Gloucester); Wilkinson (Newcastle), Wigglesworth (Sale); Sheridan (Sale Sharks), Regan (Bristol), Vickery (Wasps, capt), Shaw (Wasps), Borthwick (Bath), Haskell (Wasps), Lipman (Bath), Easter (Harlequins)


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