{"id":7596,"date":"2012-02-03T01:38:19","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T23:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/02\/update-2-rugby-england-unveil-fresh-faced-squad\/"},"modified":"2012-02-03T01:38:19","modified_gmt":"2012-02-02T23:38:19","slug":"update-2-rugby-england-unveil-fresh-faced-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-2-rugby-england-unveil-fresh-faced-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 2-Rugby-England unveil fresh-faced squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Three uncapped starters to face Scotland<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Five more new faces on bench<\/p>\n<p> (Adds detail, quotes)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Mitch Phillips<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>BAGSHOT, England, Feb 2 (Reuters) &#8211; England will face<br \/>\nScotland with one of their most inexperienced lineups for years<br \/>\nas three uncapped starters and a further five uncapped<br \/>\nreplacements were included in the squad named by caretaker coach<br \/>\nStuart Lancaster on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Only six players who started the World Cup quarter-final<br \/>\ndefeat to France in October survive for Saturday&#8217;s Six Nations<br \/>\ngame at Murrayfield as Saracens centre duo Owen Farrell and Brad<br \/>\nBarritt and 30-year-old number eight Phil Dowson make their<br \/>\ndebuts while lock Mouritz Botha makes his first start.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lancaster, who is in charge of the team for the Six Nations,<br \/>\nhas been even more radical with his choice of replacements where<br \/>\nthere are five more uncapped players and only 39-cap prop Matt<br \/>\nStevens and fullback Mike Brown, who won the last of his three<br \/>\ncaps four years ago, have any international experience.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The team is captained by flanker Chris Robshaw in his second<br \/>\ninternational while Charlie Hodgson, in his 11th year of<br \/>\ninternational rugby, will take the responsibility of organising<br \/>\nthe new-look backline from flyhalf.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hodgson, recalled after injury ruled out Toby Flood<br \/>\nfollowing the international retirement of Jonny Wilkinson,<br \/>\nshould feel at home though as Farrell and Barritt and wing David<br \/>\nStrettle play alongside him at Saracens.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Right at the outset I talked about two things,&#8221; 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