Teenage Wing Caluori To Start For England A

Breakthrough teenage helping Noah Caluori tin property his lawsuit for a elder Test call-up aft being named successful England A's starting XV to play an All Blacks XV connected Saturday.

The 19-year-old scored 5 tries connected his first Prem commencement for Saracens past period and was named successful England's first autumn internationals squad.

After being near retired of nan elder group preparing to look Fiji connected Saturday, Caluori has been picked up of Leicester's Adam Radwan to commencement nan second-string fixture astatine Bath's Recreation Ground.

Caluori's prodigious leap and 6ft 4in framework person marked him retired arsenic a potent aerial threat.

England caput coach Steve Borthwick labelled him an "exciting talent", while Saracens team-mate Owen Farrell has described his expertise to regain possession arsenic "nuts"., external

Exeter's in-form backmost statement Ethan Roots, who won nan astir caller of his 4 caps against France successful March 2024, captains nan side.

Bath's Max Ojomoh is astatine wrong centre and covers fly-half, pinch nary master back-up to Charlie Atkinson connected nan bench.

Elsewhere, Bristol skipper Fitz Harding could make his first typical quality for immoderate England broadside disconnected nan bench. Young Bath front-row brace Kepu Tuipulotu and Vilikesa Sela are besides among nan replacements.

England A: Hodge; Caluori, Hall, Ojomoh (vc), Hassell-Collins; Atkinson, McParland; Iyogun, Blamire, Fasogbon, Lockett, Batley, Roots (c), Pearson, Fisilau

Replacements: Tuipulotu, Haffar, Sela, Bamber, Harding, Englefield, Ma'asi-White, Radwan