England make six changes for New Zealand clash
England have shown their anger at Saturday's 37-20 defeat to New Zealand by making six changes to the side that will face the All Blacks in their second Test on Saturday - including five in the back division alone. Danny Care will make his full debut at scrum-half as Rob Andrew shows his ruthlessness.
And fly-half Charlie Hodgson is, as expected, one of the main casualties.
Hodgson is replaced by Toby Flood, while Care comes in for Richard Wigglesworth, Jamie Noon replaces Olly Barkley in the centres, and Mathew Tait comes in at full-back and Tom Varndell on the wing for Mike Brown and David Strettle respectively.
Hodgson, Wigglesworth and Brown have been omitted from the 22-man squad, while the only change in the pack is enforced as Tim Payne comes in for the injured Andrew Sheridan.
England's defence was the primary concern after the defeat in Auckland, and Andrew, the RFU's director of elite rugby who is standing in for incoming Team Manager Martin Johnson as the former World Cup winning captain is on a watching brief in England as his wife is expecting a baby, admitted that was the main reason for the changes.
"The selection of Noon at inside centre is about combinations and the physical threat that is posed by New Zealand in that area of the field and what we need to do to challenge them," explained Andrew.
"There were lots of areas where we thought we matched them; we felt the midfield was probably the area where the game was won and lost.
"International rugby is pretty straightforward in many ways. You have to defend well at international level.
"Frankly we didn't do that last weekend. We need to get a balance in there to defend better than we did last week.
"We must also find space against the All Blacks, as the All Blacks did against us and they did it very well."
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