Joseph and Morgan in England XV to take on Australia

As expected, Jonathan Joseph and Ben Morgan will make their return for England after being named in England's starting XV to take on in their pivotal Pool A clash on Saturday.
The Bath centre has recovered from the pectoral muscle injury that saw him miss the defeat to while Morgan takes over from the injured at No.8.
Joseph's return means Brad Barritt moves back to inside centre with dropping to the bench. Ben Youngs is also fit to start and will partner Owen Farrell at half-backs.
Up front, lock Joe Launchbury comes in for injured Courtney Lawes with George Kruis on the bench.
Nick Easter joined the squad earlier this week as injury cover for Vunipola and he has been named in the bench to cover the back row instead of .
Lancaster said: “JJ and Ben Youngs are both fit and raring to go, as are the rest of the squad for what will be a huge game against a very good team.
“England-Australia matches at Twickenham are always massive occasions, this one more than ever, and we want everyone behind us so we can get the result we all want.”
England : ; Anthony Watson, Jonathan Joseph, Brad Barritt, Jonny May, Owen Farrell, Ben Youngs; , Tom Youngs, Dan Cole, Joe Launchbury, Geoff Parling, Tom Wood, , Ben Morgan.
Replacements: Rob Webber, Mako Vunipola, Kieran Brookes, George Kruis, Nick Easter, Richard Wigglesworth, George Ford, Sam Burgess

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