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Mar 9, 2014 at 3pm UK
 
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England's Ben Morgan replaces injured Billy Vunipola for Wales clash

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England head coach Stuart Lancaster confirms that Ben Morgan has replaced Billy Vunipola at number eight for Sunday's Six Nations clash against Wales.

England head coach Stuart Lancaster has made two changes to his squad for this Sunday's Six Nations battle against Wales at Twickenham.

Gloucester's Ben Morgan will earn his 19th cap this weekend after being named in the starting side as a replacement to the injured Billy Vunipola.

Exeter Chiefs flanker Tom Johnson will be part of the 23-man team, but has been placed on the replacements' bench for the highly anticipated encounter.

For Wales, Jonathan Davies and Alun-Wyn Jones have returned to the side.

England side to face Wales:

15 Mike Brown (Harlequins, 24 caps), 14 Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs, 3 caps), 13 Luther Burrell (Northampton Saints, 3 caps). 12 Billy Twelvetrees (Gloucester Rugby, 11 caps), 11 Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby, 4 caps), 10 Owen Farrell (Saracens, 22 caps), 9 Danny Care (Harlequins, 45 caps), 1 Joe Marler (Harlequins, 18 caps), 2 Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints, 53 caps), 3 David Wilson (Bath Rugby, 32 caps), 4 Joe Launchbury (London Wasps, 17 caps), 5 Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints, 28 caps)
6 Tom Wood (Northampton Saints, 26 caps), 7 Chris Robshaw (Harlequins, captain, 24 caps), 8 Ben Morgan (Gloucester Rugby, 18 caps)

Replacements:

16 Tom Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 15 caps), 17 Mako Vunipola (Saracens, 13 caps), 18 Henry Thomas (Sale Sharks, 5 caps), 19 Dave Attwood (Bath Rugby, 8 caps), 20 Tom Johnson (Exeter Chiefs, 5 caps), 21 Lee Dickson (Northampton Saints, 14 caps), 22 George Ford (Bath Rugby, 0 caps), 23 Alex Goode (Saracens, 15 caps)

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