England Team to Face Fiji in RWC 2015 Opener


By Kath
September 14 2015

   England Team to face Fiji in opener of 2015 Rugby World Cup Well here we go Rugby World Cup fever starts here.... Head Coach Stuart Lancaster has named his side to take on Fiji in the opener of the 2015 RWC.

 

 Fijians Haka

England Team to face Fiji

 

 England v Fiji, Twickenham Stadium, 8pm BST, Friday September 18, 2015


15 Mike Brown (Harlequins, 39 caps)
14 Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby, 11 caps)
13 Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby, 13 caps)
12 Brad Barritt (Saracens, 23 caps)
11 Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby, 16 caps)
10 George Ford (Bath Rugby, 13 caps) 
9 Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 49 caps)
1 Joe Marler (Harlequins, 33 caps)
2 Tom Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 24 caps)
3 Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers, 52 caps)
4 Geoff Parling (Exeter Chiefs, 25 caps)
5 Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints, 40 caps)
6 Tom Wood (Northampton Saints, 38 caps)
7 Chris Robshaw (capt, Harlequins, 39 caps)
8 Ben Morgan (Gloucester Rugby, 29 caps)
Replacements
16 Rob Webber (Bath Rugby, 13 caps)
17 Mako Vunipola (Saracens, 23 caps)
18 Kieran Brookes (Northampton Saints, 12 caps)
19 Joe Launchbury (Wasps, 24 caps)
20 Billy Vunipola (Saracens, 20 caps)
21 Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens, 23 caps)
22 Owen Farrell (Saracens, 31 caps)
23 Sam Burgess (Bath Rugby, 2 caps)

 

England head coach Stuart Lancaster during the welcome ceremony at the Royal Military - paimages

England were officially welcomed to Rugby World Cup 2015 at the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst over the weekend.

The ceremony saw the England squad greeted by a choir from Longcroft School from Beverley, East Yorkshire and each squad member received a Tournament cap and Rugby World Cup 2015 participation medal.

 

England Team to Face Fiji in RWC 2015 Opener
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