Elliott Stooke to make England debut for England v Barbarians at Twickenham 

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Elliott Stooke will make his first start for England in Sunday's non-cap match against the Barbarians at Twickenham.

There are three other uncapped players in the XV, with Henry Trinder at outside centre and Jack Singleton and Zach Mercer in the forwards.Regular full-back Mike Brown is on the wing, with George Ford and Chris Robshaw the co-captains.

"The match is a fantastic opportunity. This is a good young squad and their work ethic has been outstanding over the last two weeks," Jones said."It is a great opportunity for them to show they deserve to wear the English rose, to show they can be in contention for the World Cup and a great opportunity for them to put us on the front foot ahead of the South Africa tour."

England Rugby head coach Eddie Jones

The Barbarians have named a strong squad for the Twickenham clash, with former England winger Chris Ashton and Scotland fly-half Finn Russell part of a star-laden backline.

"You never know what to expect from the Barbarians team. We know they will be well coached by Pat Lam, we know they have got good individual players and some outstanding individual players, so we need to be up for the unexpected.

We can't wait to get back to Twickenham and get on the front foot, please the fans and play some good rugby." Eddie Jones

England's last game at Twickenham ended in defeat to Ireland as they lost their Six Nations crown. Sunday's match will be England's first game since news of defence coach Paul Gustard's upcoming move to Harlequins later this summer.

"Our coaches have been approached consistently."I'm pleased for him, he wants to be a head coach and he's been deemed good enough so it's a great reward for him and his coaching. We are obviously disappointed from a team perspective, but then it creates another opportunity for us to bring in a coach that can build on the great work he has done." Eddie Jones

England side to play Barbarians: Elliot Daly (Wasps); Jonny May (Leicester), Henry Trinder (Gloucester), Piers Francis (Northampton), Mike Brown (Harlequins); George Ford (Leicester), Ben Youngs (Leicester); Joe Marler (Harlequins), Jack Singleton (Worcester), Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins), Elliott Stooke (Bath), Joe Launchbury (Wasps), Chris Robshaw (Harlequins), Tom Curry (Sale), Zach Mercer (Bath)

Replacements: George McGuigan (Leicester), Ellis Genge (Leicester), Nick Schonert (Worcester), Josh Beaumont (Sale), Mark Wilson (Newcastle), Dan Robson (Wasps), Danny Cipriani (Wasps), Denny Solomona (Sale)

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