Toby Flood. Photo / Getty Images
Jonny Wilkinson has overcome an arm injury to remain at first-five and be paired with second five-eighth Toby Flood for England's Rugby World Cup quarterfinal against France on Saturday.
England manager Martin Johnson made four changes Thursday from the team that beat Scotland 16-12 last weekend. He brought in Flood for Mike Tindall, selected Mark Cueto for the suspended Delon Armitage, picked No. 8 Nick Easter over James Haskell and opted for lock Tom Palmer over Courtney Lawes.
Tindall has been struggling with a leg injury and hadn't been able to train with the team all week, Johnson says, ruling England's vice captain out of the match at Eden Park.
Wilkinson has been out of form throughout the pool stages, kicking only nine from 20 attempts at goal.
England:
1. Matt Stevens
2. Steve Thompson
3. Dan Cole
4. Louis Deacon
5. Tom Palmer
6. Tom Croft
7. Lewis Moody (c)
8. Nick Easter
9. Ben Youngs
10. Jonny Wilkinson
11. Mark Cueto
12. Toby Flood
13. Manu Tuilagi
14. Chris Ashton
15. Ben Foden
Replacements:
16. Dylan Hartley
17. Alex Corbisiero
18. Courtney Lawes
19. Simon Shaw
20. James Haskell
21. Richard Wigglesworth
22. Matt Banahan
- AP
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