Mitch Phillips

Scrumhalf Ben Spencer will get his first test match start, on his seventh appearance, after being named in the team on Tuesday for England's opening November series test against New Zealand at Twickenham on Saturday.

England coach Steve Borthwick has announced a virtually unchanged team to face Australia on Saturday, with just a positional switch in midfield and two changes to the replacements bench.

With only a positional shuffle in an otherwise unchanged team facing Australia on Saturday, England's midfield, and the exciting young centre they will be up against, were top of the agenda for assistant coach Richard Wigglesworth on Thursday.

England coach Steve Borthwick bemoaned his side's terrible error count as they somehow lost 42-37 to Australia on Saturday, having led by 12 points early in the first half and again by two with less than a minute to go.

Australia replacement Max Jorgensen scored a superb try with the clock in the red to give the visitors a dramatic 42-37 victory over England on Saturday in a frenetic 10-try match that saw the lead change hands four times in a breathtaking final 15 minutes.

FIFA's controversial decision to award Inter Miami a backdoor route into the Club World Cup has proved prescient after Lionel Messi's team were stunned by Atlanta United in the MLS playoffs.

England fullback Freddie Steward, scrumhalf Jack van Poortvliet, flanker Sam Underhill and winger Ollie Sleightholme will all start against South Africa on Saturday as coach Steve Borthwick seeks to end a run of four successive defeats.

Two irresistible tries by winger Cheslin Kolbe helped South Africa to a 29-20 victory over England at Twickenham on Saturday and though the home crowd was treated to a fantastic match, it meant a fifth successive defeat for Steve Borthwick's men.

England coach Steve Borthwick said that the yet another painful defeat, this time 29-20 to South Africa on Saturday to continue their miserable Autumn series, will help his team in the long run as they continue their development.

Rugby Football Union chief executive Bill Sweeney received a pay rise of over 400,000 pounds even though the English governing body announced a record operating loss of 37.9 million pounds ($48 million) on Monday.