Palmer answers England SOS

Published: Friday, 26. August, 2011 in category Southern Hemisphere

Stade Francais forward Tom Palmer has been added to England's replacement bench, in place of Tom Wood, for Saturday’s World Cup warm-up match against Ireland.

Wood has been withdrawn as a precaution, due to a mild calf strain.

England - revised: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Manu Tuilagi, 12 Mike Tindall (captain), 11 Mark Cueto, 10 Jonny Wilkinson, 9 Richard Wigglesworth, 8 Nick Easter, 7 James Haskell, 6 Tom Croft, 5 Courtney Lawes, 4 Louis Deacon, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Steve Thompson, 1 Andrew Sheridan.
Replacements: 16 Dylan Hartley, 17 Matt Stevens, 18 Simon Shaw, 19 Tom Palmer, 20 Joe Simpson, 21 Toby Flood, 22 Delon Armitage.

Date: Saturday, August 28
Venue: Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Kick-off: 14.30 (13.30 GMT)
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Assistant referees: Romain Poite (France), Tim Hayes (Wales)
TMO: Giulio De Santis (Italy)