Argentina v England, 2nd Test, June 15
Marland Yarde set for England debut
ESPN Staff
June 13, 2013
England's Marland Yarde races away to score, England v Barbarians, Twickenham, May 26, 2013
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London Irish wing Marland Yarde will make his England Test debut on Saturday in the second Test against Argentina in Buenos Aires.

The 21-year-old Yarde replaces David Strettle on the left wing and will be joined in the three-quarter line by Bath centre Kyle Eastmond who will be making a first England start in the No.12 shirt vacated by Billy Twelvetrees who was called up by the British & Irish Lions earlier this week.

England's youngest back division for 14 years will hoping to help secure a first series win in Argentina since 1981, when Bill Beaumont's tourists drew the first and won the second of their two Tests.

"It has definitely got an X-factor to it, the backline," coach Stuart Lancaster said. "Marland has shown in training and in the games that he is ready for this chance. If you look at the stats at the end of the season and compared all the wingers and back three players, he is right up there in terms of defenders beaten, metres made and line breaks."

England: Mike Brown; Christian Wade, Jonathan Joseph, Kyle Eastmond, Marland Yarde; Freddie Burns, Lee Dickson, Joe Marler, Rob Webber, David Wilson, Joe Launchbury, Dave Attwood, Tom Wood, Matt Kvesic, Ben Morgan

Replacements: David Paice, Paul Doran Jones, Henry Thomas, Courtney Lawes, Billy Vunipola, Richard Wigglesworth, Stephen Myler, Ben Foden

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