ENGLAND v FRANCE at Stade de France, 1.2.2014 (18:00) Head coach Stuart Lancaster hands test debuts to centre Luther Burrell and right wing Jack Nowell, and gives RBS 6 Nations debuts to Billy Vunipola and Jonny May. In addition two players new to the Championship – Henry Thomas and Dave Attwood - are named on the bench. The XV has 286 test caps between them; the bench has a further 85 caps. The entire three-quarter line has a grand total of just nine caps and only seven starts. The average age of the walk-on team is 25.1 years; the average on the bench is 25.8 All players are comfortably under the age of 30, with the oldest player being Lee Dickson at 28, and the youngest Jack Nowell at 20. Nowell also becomes the first Exeter player to appear in the Championship since Martin Underwood in 1964. AGE & EXPERIENCE 100 Total caps 40 6NC caps 90 Age 80 35 70 60 30 Caps 50 Age 40 25 30 20 20 10 0 15 Cole (3) Cole Care (9) Care May (11) May Wood (6) Wood Marler (1) Marler Lawes (5) Lawes Hartley (2) Hartley Barritt (22) Barritt Farrell (10) Farrell Brown (15) Brown Burrell (13) Burrell Nowell (14) Nowell Goode (23) Goode Morgan (20) Morgan Robshaw (7) Robshaw (18) Thomas Attwood (19) Attwood T.Youngs (16) T.Youngs B.Vunipola (8) B.Vunipola L.Dickson (21) L.Dickson Launchbury (4) Launchbury M.Vunipola (17) M.Vunipola Twelvetrees (12) Twelvetrees (1) JOE MARLER TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Harlequins Overall 15 13 2 - - - 9 1 5 Born: 7.7.1990 (23) in Eastbourne (England) RBS 6 Nations 5 4 1 - - - 4 - 1 Ht: 1.83m (6'0") Wt: 114kg (17st 13lb) v France 1 1 - - - - 1 - - Position: Prop @ Stade de France - - - - - - - - - Test debut: 9.6.2012 v South Africa (Durban) England 2013 10 8 2 - - - 8 - 2 RBS 6N debut: 2.2.2013 v Scotland (Twickenham) PREM 2013/14 10 10 - - 1 5 5 - 5 FACTBOX: HC 2013/14 6 6 - - - - 3 - 3 Club pro debuts: 2008-09 Worthing, 2009-10 Esher, 2009-10 Harlequins A member of the Harlequins Academy 2007/8 has played for Quins ever since apart from loan spells at Worthing & Esher Amlin Challenge Cup winner with Harlequins in 2011, Premiership winner 2012 Represented England U20 in 2009 in the Six Nations and at the World Junior Championship in Japan, and again in 2010 U20 Six Nations and World Junior Championship in Argentina England Saxons debut came against Italy A in January 2011 Has played in England's last ten tests in succession, starting against Argentina and New Zealand in the Autumn. Compiled by (2) DYLAN HARTLEY TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Northampton Saints Overall 50 30 20 - 1 5 29 2 19 Born: 24.3.1986 (27) in Rotorua (N Zealand) RBS 6 Nations 25 16 9 - - - 17 1 7 Ht: 1.85m (6'1") Wt: 106kg (16st 9lb) v France 6 4 2 - - - 4 - 2 Position: Hooker @ Stade de France 2 2 - - - - 1 - 1 Test debut: 8.11.2008 v Pacific Islanders (Twickenham) England 2013 8 3 5 - - - 6 - 2 RBS 6N debut: 7.2.2009 v Italy (Twickenham) PREM 2013/14 9 8 1 - 2 10 7 1 1 FACTBOX: HC 2013/14 6 6 - - 1 5 4 - 2 Club pro debuts: 2004-05 Worcester, 2005-06 Northampton A National Trophy winner with Saints 2008; Amlin Challenge Cup winner 2009 and Heineken Cup finalist 2011, when he skippered the team and captain in the Premiership final 2013 against Leicester. Scored only test try to date v All Blacks at Twickenham in November 2010 This will be his 6th successive RBS 6 Nations Championship, he has now played in all 25 matches since his debut in the competition against Italy at Twickenham in 2009 Selected for the 2013 British & Irish Lions but did not tour after being sent off in the Premiership final in May Gained his 50th England cap in the last Autumn test against New Zealand: only two hookers have played more games for England, fellow Saint Steve Thompson, and Brian Moore. (3) DAN COLE TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Leicester Tigers Overall 43 40 3 - 1 5 26 2 15 Born: 9.5.1987 (26) in Leicester (England) RBS 6 Nations 20 19 1 - 1 5 14 1 5 Ht: 1.90m (6'3") Wt: 115kg (18st 0lb) v France 5 5 - - - - 3 - 2 Position: Prop @ Stade de France 2 2 - - - - 1 - 1 Test debut: 6.2.2010 v Wales (Twickenham) England 2013 8 7 1 - - - 6 - 2 RBS 6N debut: 6.2.2010 v Wales (Twickenham) PREM 2013/14 9 7 2 - - - 6 2 1 FACTBOX: HC 2013/14 6 6 - - - - 4 - 2 Club pro debuts: 2006-07 Bedford, 2007-08 Leicester, 2008-09 Nottingham Aa member of the Leicester Academy 2005 his Tigers senior bow came against Bath in the Anglo-Welsh Cup, October 200. 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 & 2013, and finalist in 2011 and 2012. 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 19 of England's RBS 6 Nations games on the tight head His only test try to date was scored against Ireland at Twickenham in 2010 RBS 6 Nations on his 3rd appearance Selected for 2013 British & Irish Lions, made 9 appearances on the tour, including 3 test caps off the bench. (4) JOE LAUNCHBURY TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: London Wasps Overall 14 12 2 - 2 10 10 - 4 Born: 12.4.1991 (22) in Exeter (England) RBS 6 Nations 5 5 - - - - 4 - 1 Ht: 1.98m (6'6") Wt: 117kg (18st 5lb) v France 1 1 - - - - 1 - - Position: Lock @ Stade de France - - - - - - - - - Test debut: 10.11.2012 v Fiji (Twickenham) England 2013 10 10 - - 2 10 8 - 2 RBS 6N debut: 2.2.2013 v Scotland (Twickenham) PREM 2013/14 10 9 1 - 1 5 4 - 6 FACTBOX: ACC 2013/14 3 2 1 - 1 5 3 - - Club pro debuts: 2009-10 Worthing, 2010-11 Rosslyn Pk, 2010-11 Wasps A member of England's U20 6 Nations grand slam winning squad 2011. Voted as England Player's Player of the Tournament at the IRB Junior World Championship in Italy 2011. Scored a try on his Wasps first team debut against Harlequins in the Anglo Welsh game played in Abu Dhabi January 2011 Played in England's non-cap game against the Barbarians in May 2012 but missed out on making his debut on that summer's tour to South Africa following a knee injury Played in all four 2012 Autumn internationals, with his debut coming off the bench against Fiji, he was named Player of the Series and the Premiership Discovery of the Season last year Has played in England's last 14 matches since his debut scoring his only two tries to date in their last two games, against Argentina and New Zealand. Compiled by (5) COURTNEY LAWES TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Northampton Saints Overall 25 13 12 1 - - 15 1 9 Born: 23.2.1989 (24) in Hackney (England) RBS 6 Nations 7 1 6 - - - 4 1 2 Ht: 2.01m (6'7") Wt: 112kg (17st 8lb) v France 2 1 1 - - - 1 - 1 Position: Lock/Back-row @ Stade de France - - - - - - - - - Test debut: 7.11.2009 v Australia (Twickenham) England 2013 10 4 6 - - - 8 - 2 RBS 6N debut: 13.3.2010 v Scotland (Murrayfield) PREM 2013/14 9 7 2 - - - 8 1 - FACTBOX: HC 2013/14 6 6 - - - - 4 - 2 Club pro debuts: 2007-08 Northampton An Amlin Challenge Cup winner with Saints 2009, LV=Cup winner in 2010, Heineken Cup finalist against Leinster 2011, and Premiership finalist against Leicester Tigers in 2013 Represented England U20 at the IRB Junior World Championship in Wales in 2008; was a finalist with England is the same competition the following year, playing at number 6, and featured in the 2009 U20 Six Nations Test debut came as 20 year old against Australia in the Autumn internationals of 2009, he was a member of the England RWC2011 squad playing in 3 games Has appeared in England's last eleven tests, the last three as a starter. Has scored just one try in professional rugby since 2010, for Northampton v Worcester in the Premiership September 2012 (6) TOM WOOD TEST CAREER Caps Starts Rep SNU Try Pts W D L Team: Northampton Saints Overall 23 19 4 1 - - 17 - 6 Born: 3.11.1986 (27) in Coventry (England) RBS 6 Nations 10 10 - - - - 8 - 2 Ht: 1.95m (6'5") Wt: 109kg (17st 2lb) v France 2 2 - - - - 2 - - Position: Flanker @ Stade de France - - - - - - - - - Test debut: 4.2.2011 v Wales (Cardiff) England 2013 10 10 - - - - 8 - 2 RBS 6N debut: 4.2.2011 v Wales (Cardiff) PREM 2013/14 9 7 2 - 2 10 7 1 1 FACTBOX: HC 2013/14 6 6 - - - - 4 - 2 Club pro debuts: 2006 N Otago, 2007-08 Worcester, 2010-11 Northampton An Anglo-Welsh Cup finalist for Northampton Saints 2012 against Leicester Tigers, and in 2013 a Premiership finalist against the same foe. Recently agreed to extend his contract with the Saints.