England start Yarde against Australia

Ford, who was booed by sections of the Twickenham crowd after missing six kicks out of seven at goal during the victory over Wales last month, was an ever-present in England’s Grand Slam campaign.

Head coach Eddie Jones had overlooked Burrell for this year’s Six Nations triumph, adding to the 28-year-old’s misery after the once regular starter was left out of the World Cup squad by predecessor Stuart Lancaster.

Farrell’s place at inside centre is expected to be taken by Luther Burrell, who was only called into the squad selected for the three-Test series against the Wallabies once Manu Tuilagi was ruled out by a hamstring injury.

The other saw Marland Yarde replace Jack Nowell on the wing after a strong outing in the 27-13 win over the Welsh.

“Different guys will take what they want out of what the team previous year did but we’ve got four debutants and it’s their first opportunity to show what playing for the Wallabies means to them and what their identity is”.

“If I asked him to play full-back, he’d play full-back because he’s that sort of kid”.

Under the leadership of Eddie Jones England are starting to understand the potential housed in themselves as individuals and their team mates and the important thing now is that this belief doesn’t crumble under the magnitude of the opening-Test in Brisbane.

For Jones, “Bodyline” means bringing something new to the table in a country where England have won just three matches against Australia from 17 attempts.

It is unlikely the series will have the same notoriety that Bodyline achieved, but if England can win in Brisbane, they may yet be able to make history – and re-establish themselves as a global rugby force to be reckoned with. “He’s a great player who will give us some great go forward in the near future”, Joseph said.

“It’s going to be a physical game and we’ve picked a back line we think will cope with that in first 50 to 60 minutes”.

Scrum coach Neal Hatley said while Australia had improved their previously-maligned scrum markedly under former Argentine Mario Ledesma, he was confident England would assert their authority over the Wallabies pack.

England XV: 15. Mike Brown; 14. Tomorrow will be about England varying their line-out, cutting the numbers to negate Wallaby disruption tactics and generating quick ball so that Luther Burrell can test the hosts’ new midfield combination.

“The leadership of Dylan (Hartley) has been influential”. Chris Robshaw and James Haskell start on the flanks with Bull Vunipola at eight. Owen Farrell (vc), 9. George Kruis, 6. Chris Robshaw, 7.

Prop Dan Cole told BBC Sport: “Australia had people like Bradman, and if you played their game they could quite easily win”.

Replacements: L Cowan-Dickie (Exeter), M Mullan (Wasps), P Hill (Northampton), J Launchbury (Wasps), C Lawes (Northampton), D Care (Harlequins), G Ford (Bath), J Nowell (Exeter).