England's Botha and Barrit to face Boks

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England head coach Stuart Lancaster has named his side to take on the Springboks in Durban on Saturday 9 June at 17h00, the first of three tests.

Lancaster named former South Africans Mouritz Botha(lock) and Brad Barrit(centre) in the starting line up. Barrit will have to keep his former Sharks team mate Frans Steyn in check while Botha will be competing in the line outs and scrums against the Bok debutants Juandre Kruger and Eben Etzebeth.

England will be captained by Chris Robshaw from the side of the scrum.

England:

15. Mike Brown
14. Chris Ashton
13. Manu Tuilagi
12. Bradley Barritt
11. Ben Foden
10. Owen Farrell
9. Ben Youngs
8. Ben Morgan
7. Chris Robshaw (Capt)
6. Tom Johnson
5. Geoff Parling
4. Mouritz Botha
3. Dan Cole
2. Dylan Hartley
1. Joe Marler

Replacements: 16. Lee Mears, 17. Paul Doran Jones, 18. Tom Palmer, 19. Phil Dowson, 20. Lee Dickson, 21. Toby Flood, 22. Jonathan Joseph

Springboks:

15. Zane Kirchner
14. JP Pietersen
13. Jean de Villiers (Capt)
12. Frans Steyn
11. Bryan Habana
10. Morné Steyn
9. Francois Hougaard
8. Pierre Spies
7. Willem Alberts
6. Marcell Coetzee
5. Juandré Kruger
4. Eben Etzebeth
3. Jannie du Plessis
2. Bismarck du Plessis
1. Tendai Mtawarira

Replacements: 16. Adriaan Strauss, 17. Coenie Oosthuizen, 18. Flip van der Merwe, 19. Keegan Daniel, 20. Ruan Pienaar, 21. Patrick Lambie, 22. Wynand Olivier

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