By Kath
November 7 2013

England will be looking for their next win against Argentina this weekend at Twickenham.

QBE Autumn Internationals 2013

 England v Argentina

Twickenham - Saturday 9th November KO 2.30pm

England take on the Pumas at Twickenham this weekend with a new look front row which is made up of, Joe Marler, Dylan Hartley and David Wilson  replacing Mako Vunipola, Tom Youngs and Dan Cole against the Pumas.

                                         Hartley - Marler - Wilson - Pictures by Empics

 However, the player posters on our message board most wanted replaced was Chris Ashton.  Many thought his defence woeful and that he has done little to help England's cause in a long while now.  The suggestion that the in form Christian Wade of Wasps should replace him was debated. One of our posters looking at the stats from Wasps v Gloucester last weekend said and I quote "shows Wade beating 8 men and making 124 meters in addition to scoring 2 tries."  Wade was named by Head Coach Lancaster in the 27 preparing for Argentina but he has not been selected.  What do you think you can always join in the debate on our message board here.... 'Drop Ashton'

This is what England Head Coach Stuart Lancaster had to say:" Christian Wade was in contention for a start but his hamstring tightened up in training and unfortunately he hasn’t recovered sufficiently in time to be considered for Saturday.        Marland Yarde failed a fitness test on a hip injury sustained last weekend this morning so Ben Foden gets his chance with Alex Goode on the bench. Ben has had a full week's training on the wing, he is a great finisher and in form so it's a great option for us."          

England need another win this weekend and a really good performance to boot!   I don't want to see them switching off and losing concentration as they did in the first half last week.  Again on paper we should beat the Argentineans but I still don't have that gut feeling of overall confidence with England as yet.  Hopefully it will come......... 

As for Argentina well they seem to be having a bit of topsy turvey time. New Coach, New Captain......... Coach Hourcade who only took charge last week has made five changes,  Full-back Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino, centre Santiago Fernandez and scrum-half Tomas Cubelli come into the side.

Juan Manuel Leguizamon will captain Argentina in the absence of Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe who has been ruled out of the Pumas' three autumn Tests in Europe with a fractured elbow.

As an aside and on a lighter note, I wonder if Ben Cohen is dancing the 'Argentine Tango' this weekend on Strictly?  I bet I know which stage he would prefer to be dancing on.

The final word from our top man head coach Lancaster “The Twickenham crowd was superb against Australia and we were pleased to get the victory but we know there’s more to come from this team and we are looking forward to building on that momentum for this weekend.”  

 Don't forget you can Tweet your support for the team by using the hashtag #carrythemhome.   

England: M Brown (Harlequins); C Ashton (Saracens), J Tomkins (Saracens), B Twelvetrees (Gloucester Rugby), B Foden (Northampton); O Farrell (Saracens), L Dickson (Northampton Saints); J Marler (Harlequins), D Hartley (Northampton Saints), D Wilson (Bath Rugby), J Launchbury (London Wasps), C Lawes (Northampton Saints), T Wood (Northampton Saints), C Robshaw (Harlequins, Captain), B Vunipola (Saracens).

Replacements: T Youngs (Leicester Tigers), A Corbisiero (Northampton Saints), D Cole (Leicester Tigers), G Parling (Leicester Tigers), B Morgan (Gloucester Rugby), B Youngs (Leicester Tigers), T Flood (Leicester Tigers), A Goode (Saracens).

Follow your spirit, and upon this charge
Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!'

Shakespeare's Henry V, Act III, 1598.

Argentina: Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino, Horacio Agulla, Marcelo Bosch, Santiago Fernandez, Juan Imhoff, Nicolas Sanchez, Tomas Cubelli; Marcos Ayerza, Eusebio Guinazu, Maximiliano Bustos, Mariano Galarza, Patricio Albacete, Pablo Matera, Julio Farias Cabello, Juan Manuel Leguizamon (captain).

Replacements: Santiago Iglesias, Nahuel Lobo, Juan Pablo Orlandi, Manuel Carizza, Benjamín Macome, Martin Landajo, Gonzalo Tiesi, Santiago Cordero.