England-Italy teams named

| Sat, 02/07/2009 - 03:04

The teams for Saturday's Six Nations opener between England and Italy at Twickenham were named Friday.

The match kicks off at 15:00 GMT (16:00 Italian time).

Teams:

England: D. Armitage, Sackey, Tindall, Flutey, Cueto, Goode, Ellis, Easter, S. Armitage, Haskell, Kennedy, Borthwick (captain), Vickery, Mears, Sheridan.

Replacements: Hartley, White, Croft, Worsley, Foden, Geraghty, Tait.

Coach: Johnson.

Italy: Masi, Robertson, Canale, Garcia, Mirco Bergamasco, Marcato, Mauro Bergamasco, Parisse (captain), Zanni, Sole, Bortolami, Dellape, Castrogiovanni, Ongaro, Perugini.

Replacements: Festuccia, Nieto, Reato, Montauriol, Toniolatti, McLean, Pratichetti.

Coach: Mallett.

Referee: Lawrence (South Africa).

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