ENGLAND v ITALY at Stadio Olimpico, 11.2.2012 (17:00) England pick an unchanged 22 for the first time since the France and Scotland matches during the 2009 RBS 6 Nations Championship. The starting lineup with just 248 test caps between them; the bench has only 48 caps. The average age of the walk-on team is a 26 ½; the average on the bench is 26.2 Rob Webber remains the only uncapped player in the 22. Charlie Hodgson is now playing under his fifth England head coach – Woodward, Robinson, Ashton, Johnson and Lancaster, and has now partnered eight different scrum-halves in his 27 starts for England: Healey, Gomarsall, Dawson, Ellis, Perry, Richards, Wigglesworth and Youngs. AGE & EXPERIENCE Total caps 6NC caps 50 40 Age 40 35 30 30 Age Caps 20 25 10 20 0 15 Cole (3) Croft (6) Botha (4) Botha Palmer (5) Hartley (2) Barritt (13) Foden (15) Farrell (12) Parling (18) Brown (22) Brown Strettle (11) Strettle Ashton (14) Ashton Dowson (8) Morgan (19) Webber (16) Dickson (20) Dickson Stevens (17) Stevens Robshaw (7) Robshaw B.Youngs (9) B.Youngs Corbisiero (1) Hodgson (10) Hodgson Turner-Hall (21) (1) ALEX CORBISIERO TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: London Irish Overall 11 7 4 - - - 8 - 3 Born: 30.8.1988 (23) in New York City (USA) RBS 6 Nations 5 4 1 - - - 4 - 1 Ht: 1.85m (6'1") Wt: 120kg (18st 12lb) v Italy 1 1 - - - - 1 - - Position: Prop in Rome - - - - - - - - - FACTBOX: Since 1.6.2011 7 4 3 - - - 5 - 2 Born New York City; grandfather is Italian. Attended Hall School in Wimbledon Played for England U19 in the World Championships in Belfast 2007 An ever present on the tighthead for England U20 in their Grand Slam year 2008, and an U20 World Championship finalist the same year A member of the London Irish Academy in 2006, he was loaned to Nottingham in season 2007/8 Premiership finalist for London Irish v Leicester Tigers 2009, the season he made his senior debut Churchill Cup winner with Saxons 2010 Full England debut came in the RBS 6 Nations game v Italy 2011 as a replacement, he finished the tournament with three successive starts on loosehead His 11 test caps to date have come in England's last 13 games Compiled by (2) DYLAN HARTLEY TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Northampton Saints Overall 35 20 15 - 1 5 20 1 14 Born: 24.3.1986 (26) in Rotorua (N Zealand) RBS 6 Nations 16 11 5 - - - 10 1 5 Ht: 1.85m (6'1") Wt: 110kg (17st 4lb) v Italy 3 2 1 - - - 3 - - Position: Hooker in Rome 1 1 - - - - 1 - - FACTBOX: Since 1.6.2011 7 3 4 - - - 6 - 1 Attended Rotorua Boys High School, New Zealand Moved to England joining Worcester Academy 2003/4 but only made one 1st team appearance for the Warriors before moving east to Northampton summer 2005 Now in his 7th season as a Saint, he renewed his contract in December and will remain with the club until at least 2015 A National Trophy winner with Saints 2008; Amlin Challenge Cup winner 2009 and Heineken cup finalist 2011, when he skippered the team Represented England U19 at 2004 and 2005 World Championship both in South Africa, and England U21 at the World Championship in 2005 Argentina Won Grand Slam with England U21 2006, starting all their games, 3 as prop 2 as hooker. England A debut came in 2007 against Italy, scoring a try Senior test debut was in 2008 versus Pacific Islanders at Twickenham, his first nine caps all came as a replacement Has played in every game of the last four RBS 6 Nations Championships, starting as England's hooker in the last 11 (3) DAN COLE TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Leicester Tigers Overall 24 22 2 - 1 5 15 1 8 Born: 9.5.1987 (25) in Leicester (England) RBS 6 Nations 11 10 1 - 1 5 7 1 3 Ht: 1.90m (6'3") Wt: 115kg (18st 0lb) v Italy 2 2 - - - - 2 - - Position: Prop in Rome 1 1 - - - - 1 - - FACTBOX: Since 1.6.2011 8 8 - - - - 6 - 2 Attended Robert Smyth School in Market Harborough (same school as Martin Johnson) and Wyggeston & Queen Elizabeth I College, Leicester Leicester born and bred, and a member of the Leicester Academy his Tigers senior bow came in 2007/8, he has been with his home town club ever since but has also experienced loan spells at Bedford & Nottingham in the Championship English Premiership winner with Leicester 2009 & 2010, and finalist in 2011 - a replacement on each occasion Represented England U19 at the 2006 World Championships in South Africa and England U20 in the 2007 Six Nations England A debut came against Portugal in 2009, he was also a Churchill Cup finalist with England Saxons the same year Senior test debut came as a replacement in the opening game of the 2010 RBS 6 Nations championship v Wales, since then he has started all ten England's RBS 6 Nations games on the tight head Has missed just one potential cap since his debut, against Wales in a RWC warm-up match His only test try to date was scored against Ireland at Twickenham in 2010 RBS 6 Nations on his 3rd appearance (4) MOURITZ BOTHA TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Saracens Overall 2 1 1 - - - 2 - - Born: 29.1.1982 (30) in Vryheid (S Africa) RBS 6 Nations 1 1 - - - - 1 - - Ht: 1.98m (6'6") Wt: 112kg (17st 8lb) v Italy - - - - - - - - - Position: Lock in Rome - - - - - - - - - FACTBOX: Since 1.6.2011 2 1 1 - - - 2 - - Born in Vryheid, South Africa, qualifies for England through residency Did not play professional rugby in South Africa, but club rugby in Cape Town Moved to England 2004 and played for Bedford Athletic for three seasons, moved to Bedford Blues in 2006/07, spending three seasons with them in National Division 1 before joining Saracens in summer 2009 Played for East Midlands v Barbarians in the Mobbs Memorial Match 2009 Has played in the English Premiership final with Saracens for the last two years, winning the title in 2011 Won the Churchill Cup with England Saxons in 2011 (in England) Doubled his number of test caps when he started in the second row against Scotland at Murrayfield last weekend As recently as 2005/06 he was playing at Level 5 in the RFU leagues in Midlands One for Bedford Athletic Compiled by (5) TOM PALMER TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Stade Francais Paris Overall 34 24 10 1 - - 19 - 15 Born: 27.3.1979 (33) in Haringey,London (England) RBS 6 Nations 11 8 3 1 - - 7 - 4 Ht: 1.98m (6'6") Wt: 113kg (17st 10lb) v Italy 2 1 1 - - - 2 - - Position: Lock in Rome - - - - - - - - - FACTBOX: Since 1.6.2011 9 5 4 - - - 7 - 2 Educated at Boroughmuir College, Scotland and Leeds University, he played for New Zealand schools against Wales in Auckland in 1997 whilst studying at Otago Boys High School Started his senior career with Leeds 1998/9, spent eight seasons with them until he joined London Wasps, then transferred to Stade Francais in the summer of 2009, is now in 3rd season with the Parisian team Powergen Cup winner with Leeds 2005; Heineken Cup winner with Wasps 2007 and English Premiership winner with them in 2008. Amlin Challenge Cup finalist for Stade Francais in their narrow loss to Harlequins last season Represented Scotland at U19 and U21 level, playing for Scotland in the U21 Six Nations 2000 Summer 2001 toured USA & Canada with England winning a first cap in San Francisco whilst still a National One player with Leeds Tykes; the most recent player from outside the Premiership to be capped for England England A debut came against Scotland A in February 2002, his appearances at that level include winning the Churchill Cup in 2005 Had to wait until 2007 for his RBS 6 Nations debut v Italy at Twickenham, made just one RBS 6 Nations appearance as a replacement over the next three seasons, before being an ever present in shirt 5 in last season's championship winning team Has now played in England's last 21 tests (6) TOM CROFT TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Leicester Tigers Overall 32 20 12 - 3 15 18 - 14 Born: 7.11.1985 (26) in Basingstoke (England) RBS 6 Nations 11 5 6 - 1 5 7 - 4 Ht: 1.95m (6'5") Wt: 105kg (16st 7lb) v Italy 1 - 1 - - - 1 - - Position: Back-row in Rome - - - - - - - - - FACTBOX: Since 1.6.2011 8 7 1 - 1 5 7 - 1 Attended Park House School, Newbury, and Oakham School. Joined Leicester Academy from the Newbury club Started all games in 2nd row during England's U21 Grand slam of 2006. Played in U21 IRB World Championship France 2006 An EDF Cup winner with Tigers in 2007, and finalist the following year English Premiership winner 2009 and 2010, finalist in the same competition in 2008 and 2011 Played in the final of the Heineken Cup in 2009 when Tigers lost to the Irish province Leinster A Churchill Cup winner with England Saxons in 2007 Made his senior England test debut in the 2008 RBS 6 Nations against France, has now played in England's last 7 test matches Played in all three tests on the British & Irish Lions 2009 tour to South Africa claiming two tries in the 1st test defeat in Durban (7) CHRIS ROBSHAW(c) TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Harlequins Overall 2 2 - - - - 1 - 1 Born: 4.6.1986 (26) in Redhill (England) RBS 6 Nations 1 1 - - - - 1 - - Ht: 1.88m (6'2") Wt: 112kg (17st 8lb) v Italy - - - - - - - - - Position: Back-row in Rome - - - - - - - - - FACTBOX: Since 1.6.2011 1 1 - - - - 1 - - Educated at Millfield School, where he captained their rugby team, and Roehampton University A member of the Harlequins Academy 2004/5, has been with them ever since, being named as captain for the start of the 2010/11 season Named Guinness Premiership Player of the Season 2008/9 Approaching 100 Premiership games for Harlequins, led them to Amlin Challenge Cup victory over Stade Francais in May 2011