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Rugby-England team to play Australia

By Mitch Phillips BAGSHOT, England, Oct 1 (Reuters) - England coach Stuart Lancaster on Thursday named the following team to play Australia in Pool A of the Rugby World Cup at Twickenham on Saturday (1900 GMT): 1-Joe Marler, 2-Tom Youngs, 3-Dan Cole, 4-Joe Launchbury, 5-Geoff Parling, 6-Tom Wood, 7-Chris Robshaw (captain), 8-Ben Morgan, 9-Ben Youngs, 10-Owen Farrell, 11-Jonny May, 12-Brad Barritt, 13-Jonathan Joseph, 14-Anthony Watson, 15-Mike Brown. Replacements: 16-Rob Webber, 17-Mako Vunipola, 18-Kieran Brookes, 19-George Kruis, 20-Nick Easter, 21-Richard Wigglesworth, 22-George Ford, 23-Sam Burgess. (Editing by David Goodman)