Saracens centre Brad Barritt and Northampton number eight Phil Dowson will start for England against New Zealand Maori in Napier on Wednesday.
BBC Sport
The pair were late arrivals to the squad after being called up as injury replacements from the Saxons set-up.
There are a total of 14 changes to the side that defeated Australia in the second Test on Saturday.
Mathew Tait was set to play on the wing but will take the outside centre spot after Dominic Waldouck was ruled out.
England: Delon Armitage (London Irish); David Strettle (Harlequins), Mathew Tait (Sale), Brad Barritt (Saracens), Chris Ashton (Northampton); Charlie Hodgson (Sale), Danny Care (Harlequins); David Flatman (Bath), George Chuter (Leicester), Paul Doran-Jones (Gloucester), David Attwood (Gloucester), Geoff Parling (Leicester), Chris Robshaw (Harlequins, captain), Steffon Armitage (London Irish), Phil Dowson (Northampton).
Replacements: Rob Webber (Wasps), Dan Cole (Leicester), Dan Ward-Smith (Wasps), James Haskell (Stade Francais), Ben Youngs (Leicester), Shane Geragthy (Northampton), Ben Foden (Northampton).
June 22nd, 2010 at 9:06 am
Still not a full cap, is it?
June 22nd, 2010 at 9:08 am
Reply to JT @ 9:06 am:
Nope, but still an England debut
June 22nd, 2010 at 9:08 am
Maori not a test playing nation under IRB regulations
June 22nd, 2010 at 9:11 am
Nou nie juis Bok materiaal nie.
June 22nd, 2010 at 9:16 am
Reply to manvanstaal @ 9:11 am:
he has been pretty good for Saracens in the last season.
If England need two Frenchies (Armitage’s both played for France U21) and a Saffa then good luck to them
IIRC Dowson and Faltman are Aussies!? Can anyone confirm?
June 22nd, 2010 at 10:28 am
Barritt’s best season was 2007 and then he folded… he played flyhalf a few times too. Reminded me of a younger version of Dick Muir. Nothing special… just consistently competent performances… but I think he got screwed by the need to play Adi Jacobs…
I know the Capetonians hate him but then again what’s new in that department…
June 22nd, 2010 at 10:30 am
Who cares? Only
‘s rate him.
June 22nd, 2010 at 10:33 am
Reply to DavidS @ 10:28 am:
Do you make these things up as you go along or do the comments from the one or two Cape Town friends you might have sum up the entire province or its people?
June 22nd, 2010 at 11:02 am
The very same Barrit handed Juan de Jongh his ass so solidly in the Saracens / Boks game, not once, but twice.
Every time was when de Jongh had white line fever (which he still suffers from), he didn’t pass, and Barrit not only tackled him, but ripped the ball and turned him over on the try line.
He is a quality player which was lost due to incompetence of player management.
It’s a shame.
June 22nd, 2010 at 11:10 am
Reply to Morné @ 10:33 am:
Refer to below:
I rest my case…..
Reply to Deon @ 10:30 am:
June 22nd, 2010 at 11:12 am
Reply to welshbok @ 11:02 am:
He was poorly managed at the Sharks…. Dick Muir and John Plumtree must take the blame for that…
Don’t let the gods of SA rugby hear you talking up a backline player from north beyond the Hex River as that is blasphemy and worthy of several hysterical responses
June 22nd, 2010 at 11:15 am
As hy so goed is hoekom het geen bok coach hom ooit gekies nie? En hoekom is hy omtrent 5de in die ry in Ingeland?
Goeie solid speler maar dis al imo.
June 22nd, 2010 at 11:15 am
Reply to JT @ 9:16 am:
he has been pretty good for Saracens in the last season.
=====
NH rugby no yardstick.
Guess who got Player of
the Year?
Let me refresh your memory:
Flits Brits.
June 22nd, 2010 at 11:27 am
Reply to Boertjie @ 11:15 am:
Hy was befok gewees
June 22nd, 2010 at 11:48 am
Reply to JT @ 11:27 am:
Senter? Flank? Vleuel?
Of dalk haker?
Vir die blindeskool?
June 22nd, 2010 at 12:02 pm
Reply to Boertjie @ 11:48 am:
as I said before – take your pills, sit down and watch some of the Sarries games!
June 22nd, 2010 at 12:06 pm
Reply to JT @ 12:02 pm:
ag fok die pille en gaan haal ‘n papsak
June 22nd, 2010 at 12:13 pm
Reply to DavidS @ 11:12 am:
Disagree there… DM ‘made’ Barrit and did everything in his power to keep Brad there…
June 22nd, 2010 at 12:16 pm
Reply to Boertjie @ 11:15 am:
Mate you’ll never ever see the likes of Ralepelle winning a tinnie of VB and a sausage sizzle at the Quaynbean 3rd’s in Canberra… so Brits is in fact doing alot better than Snor’s hooker!
June 22nd, 2010 at 12:20 pm
Reply to bryce_in_oz @ 12:16 pm:
June 22nd, 2010 at 12:51 pm
Reply to JT @ 12:20 pm:
At the end of the day… I’ll ALWAYS take the opinion/selection skills of Super-rugby and CC rugby coaches over you muppets… like HM and FL and RE…
Now why don;t they agree with you with Roly-Poly-extremely-slowly?
June 22nd, 2010 at 12:55 pm
Reply to bryce_in_oz @ 12:51 pm:
And 3N, BIL, Freedom Cup and Mandela Plate winning coaches?
June 22nd, 2010 at 12:56 pm
Reply to bryce_in_oz @ 12:51 pm:
So you ok with their selections of Earl Rose etc…
June 22nd, 2010 at 12:58 pm
Reply to bryce_in_oz @ 12:16 pm:
Heheheheheheh
ooks like you silenced them
Shocked them into relying on smilies of steaming shitpiles resembling some of the things exiting their mouths of late.
June 22nd, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Reply to DavidS @ 12:58 pm:
No David, to quote JT, there is just no value in
Chilli, RJ, PdV (repeat, repeat, repeat, ….. repeat)
June 22nd, 2010 at 1:05 pm
Reply to DavidS @ 12:58 pm:
If you scream louder or more often than the next guy, it does not mean you silenced him…
June 22nd, 2010 at 1:23 pm
Reply to Morné @ 1:05 pm:
have to give it to the
brigade!
they are persistent
June 22nd, 2010 at 4:50 pm
Reply to Morné @ 1:05 pm:
If he responds with smilies like this
then yes it does…
Bit pathetic actually…
Somewhat like that estroegen ridden Brisbaner’s
attempt to insult me…. from 18 000 km’s away
Nice try vet kadet
June 23rd, 2010 at 9:30 am
Barrit about to sing the English anthem and then face his first haka in an England jumper…
Maori’s smashed the Irish 12… let’s see how Brad does here?
June 23rd, 2010 at 9:38 am
England starting extremely quickly swinging it around the backs… Barrit involved in two touches leading to the first penalty to England…
June 23rd, 2010 at 9:41 am
3rd touch to Barrit… swings it quickly down the line for Armitage to reek havoc again… and there’s the try!
This backline looking better than the test team!
June 23rd, 2010 at 9:42 am
10-0… Maori’s flustered…
June 23rd, 2010 at 9:43 am
Barrit has been very good for Sarries playing an expansive game – suits him!
June 23rd, 2010 at 9:49 am
Best try of the season anywhere that the Maori’s have just scored!!!
June 23rd, 2010 at 9:50 am
Would love to have a player like Gear in the ranks…
June 23rd, 2010 at 9:52 am
With all these games the Maori’s are getting together this year… they are going to be able to smash most test teams and definitely test the Boks…
Brett, McAllister looking great too…
Only position NZ are a bit bare in is lock otherwise they could easily put together 3 test teams this year…
June 23rd, 2010 at 10:00 am
Reply to bryce_in_oz @ 9:52 am:
Ja, pity they will not be
allowed to play the Boks,
since they are ethnically
selected.
Had a high ranking guy yesterday
saying no Afrikaner can play
for Bafana.
Well, I still have to meet
one that wants to.
June 23rd, 2010 at 10:00 am
Reply to JT @ 9:43 am:
Apparently been leading the backline defence too…
Barrit has a nifty quick-pass left or right…
Has always reminded me of a young Butch but a bit more composed…
Entertaining game this…
June 23rd, 2010 at 10:04 am
Reply to Boertjie @ 10:00 am:
You know I tend to agree somewhat as it is against the constitution… but ‘quotas’ are okay so it’s all a load of bollocks then…
Maori just simply with-stood the pressure and now are turning up the screws in all depts (albeit just losing that scrum)…
17-13 Maori..
June 23rd, 2010 at 10:04 am
JT give us more info on his pathetic performance..
June 23rd, 2010 at 10:05 am
We need to know how badly this second rate traitorous Natal git is doing so we can be assured how pathetic he is playing in a second rate league and for the B team of a second rate nation…
Don’t dare say he played well
June 23rd, 2010 at 10:12 am
Reply to DavidS @ 10:05 am:
He’s having a great game on attack… super fast handling and making ground in the tackle… although he just got his ball turned over in the tackle-zone through no support…
England starting to punish the Maori’s in the scrums with Newland off…
They choose to go for posts instead of another scrum…
17-16 Maori’s…
June 23rd, 2010 at 10:13 am
Hey Dawie for the life of me I cannot remember who you used to tout as a possible future Bok 10…
Big bloke… went to France?
June 23rd, 2010 at 10:15 am
Reply to DavidS @ 10:05 am:
not checking what you are looking for but no ja – niks nuuts nie
Barrit developed his game in england like Mujati is doing – yes Mujati playing some decent rugby and even learnt how to scrum
Percy came back a better player after his time in NH – more proffesional. Some guys need a change…
So nie alles kak hier in EU nie
June 23rd, 2010 at 10:16 am
Reply to bryce_in_oz @ 10:13 am:
Maybe it is Hough or something similar!? Plays for Perpignan. Plays 10/12 but not always 1st choice.
June 23rd, 2010 at 10:18 am
Barrit was in line to receive a try-scoring pass… 9 held on, dummied and scored…
23-17… Eng…
June 23rd, 2010 at 10:20 am
Maori starting to try Blues rugby (swinging the ball all over rather than a sneaky kick) and gift an intercept… England score on half-time…
28-17 England…
June 23rd, 2010 at 10:20 am
Reply to bryce_in_oz @ 10:18 am:
I am taping the game so looking forward to watching it tonight
Sounds good
June 23rd, 2010 at 10:23 am
Reply to JT @ 10:16 am:
Yeah that’s him… Andre Hough…
Massive unit at 100kg’s plus… not too many stats for him other than a season (or two) ago at Albi…
June 23rd, 2010 at 10:25 am
Reply to JT @ 10:20 am:
Yeah good so far in a Baa-baa’s type game… albeit aspects of test rugga… won’t ruin the score as it might get close…
Maori’s have had to
put in more than twice the tackles …
Hodgson commanding the game…
June 23rd, 2010 at 10:27 am
Reply to bryce_in_oz @ 10:23 am:
solid IMO but nothing special from what I have seen. Top SA players that I have seen stand out in the Top 14 were: Fannykirk (Toulon), Daan Human (Toulouse), Sowerby (Toulouse), Eduard Coetzee (Biaritz), Gerrie Britz (Perpignan)
June 23rd, 2010 at 10:31 am
Reply to bryce_in_oz @ 10:04 am:
NOT selecting a guy because
of his culture or race is
also against the constitution.
Yet there are many qualified
whites, but posts stays unfilled
- and delivery goes down the
drain – because there are not
suitable POCs to fill them.
And “suitable” ones are not
trained either.
OK, enough politics from me
for the day.
June 23rd, 2010 at 10:36 am
Reply to Boertjie @ 10:31 am:
Yep not rocket-science it’s all a shame…
Barrit just got bounced off by McAlister and Gear left Armitage in his dust for a try…
England being real stupid by not slowing it down a tad… and another is run in!
June 23rd, 2010 at 10:39 am
Reply to JT @ 10:27 am:
Read an interesting piece about Coetzee the other day constantly keeping a French international out of the 15…
How has Karmichael Hunt played?
He was dynamite in league…
June 23rd, 2010 at 10:41 am
Reply to bryce_in_oz @ 10:39 am:
Hunt was pretty good especially by the end of the season. Now off to AFL – amazing story!
June 23rd, 2010 at 10:43 am
Reply to bryce_in_oz @ 10:36 am:
shame= sham…
June 23rd, 2010 at 11:14 am
Can you believe it another historic win for the Maori and in successive weeks!
June 23rd, 2010 at 11:15 am
If Martin Johnson doesn’t select Ashton again he really is a boorish ignoramus!
June 23rd, 2010 at 11:40 am
Reply to bryce_in_oz @ 10:13 am: Andre Hough
Reply to Boertjie @ 10:31 am:
They inserted a little section in the Constitution that allows them to ignore the “equality” clause in order to “right the wrongs of the past”
Nice and widely stated… and open ended…
Lekker nuh?