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Christian Wade called into England squad for Barbarians friendly

Wade to make England debut
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Christian Wade will make his England debut in a friendly against the Barbarians on Sunday.

London Wasps academy winger Christian Wade will make his debut for England this weekend after being included in Stuart Lancaster's squad for Sunday's clash against the Barbarians.

The 20-year-old, who was part of the England Under-20s side for the IRB Junior World Championship in 2010, will line up at Twickenham for the friendly ahead of England's tour of South Africa.

Northampton Saints number eight Phil Dowson, who can also play as flanker, will take the captaincy from Test skipper Chris Robshaw, who is featuring for Leicester Tigers on Saturday in the Aviva Premiership final against Harlequins.

Ben Foden, Chris Ashton, Owen Farrell and Charlie Hodgson have also been included in the starting team.

England: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Brad Barritt, 12 Owen Farrell, 11 Christian Wade, 10 Charlie Hodgson, 9 Lee Dickson, 1 Matt Stevens, 2 Dylan Hartley, 3 Paul Doran Jones, 4 Mouritz Botha, 5 Tom Palmer, 6 Tom Johnson, 7 Carl Fearns, 8 Phil Dowson (capt)

Replacements: 16 Lee Mears, 17 Matt Mullan, 18 Joe Launchbury, 19 Jamie Gibson, 20 Richard Wigglesworth, 21 Jonathan Joseph, 22 Alex Goode

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