22 September 2011

England will bring back Mike Tindall ahead of this weekends clash with Romania. Tindall was rested for the Georgia clash and Bath's Shontayne Hape took his place. This will be the first time Mike Tindall has appeared since his controversial night out with a mystery women.  If the team can leave that behind them, they are sure to put on a great show! Click read more to view our squad analysis and score prediction.

England will be expected to walk this match and destroy the feeble Romanians who sit at the bottom of Pool B.  However, maybe Romania have learned from their mistakes as they have made 11 changes to their side that they lost to Argentina with.


Mike Tindall Mike Tindall of the English IRB Rugby World Cup 2011 team arrives at Auckland International Airport on August 31, 2011 in Auckland, New Zealand.England: Ben Foden (Northampton Saints); Chris Ashton (Northampton Saints), Manu Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers), Mike Tindall (Gloucester Rugby), Mark Cueto (Sale Sharks); Jonny Wilkinson (Toulon), Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers); Alex Corbisiero (London Irish), Steve Thompson (London Wasps), Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers), Louis Deacon (Leicester Tigers), Tom Palmer (Stade Francais), Tom Croft (Leicester Tigers), Lewis Moody (Bath Rugby, capt), James Haskell (Ricoh Black Rams).


Replacements: Lee Mears (Bath Rugby), David Wilson (Bath Rugby), Simon Shaw (Unattached), Tom Wood (Northampton Saints), Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens), Toby Flood (Leicester Tigers), Delon Armitage (London Irish).
Ones to watch: Mark Cueto, Chris Ashton, James Haskell, Alex Corbisiero - Cueto will return from injury so will look to perform and so will Corbisiero who makes his first World Cup start. Haskell and Ashton will hope to grab tries after fantastic performances in warm up matches and the Six Nations.

Romania: Florin Adrian Vlaicu, Stefan Eugen Ciuntu, Ionel Cazan, Iulian Dumitras, Adrian Marian Apostol, Marin Danut Dumbrava, Lucian Mihai Sirbu; Nicolae Nere, Bogdan Zebega Suman, Silviu Florea, Valentin Poparlan, Cristian Constantin Petre (capt), Sandu Stelian Burcea, Cosmin Aurel Ratiu, Ovidiu Tonita.
Replacements: Marius Tincu, Paulica Ion, Mihai Macovei, Daniel Gabriel Ianus, Valentin Nicolae Calafeteanu, Csaba Minya Gal, Catalin Marius Nicolae.
Ones to watch: Cristian Constantin Petre - he is the captain!

Score Predictions: England 82-7
Venue: Otago Stadium, Dunedin
Time: 24 Sept 2011, 0700 BST

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