Time out: Mark Cueto hasn't featured for England since the defeat of Tonga

PARIS, 17 October - England head coach Brian Ashton on Wednesday announced his team to play South Africa in the IRB Rugby World Cup final on Saturday at Stade de France.

England team:

1 Andrew Sheridan
2 Mark Regan
3 Phil Vickery (c)
4 Simon Shaw
5 Ben Kay
6 Martin Corry
7 Lewis Moody
8 Nick Easter
9 Andy Gomarsall
10 Jonny Wilkinson
11 Mark Cueto
12 Mike Catt
13 Mathew Tait
14 Paul Sackey
15 Jason Robinson

Replacements:

16 George Chuter
17 Matt Stevens
18 Lawrence Dallaglio
19 Joe Worsley
20 Peter Richards
21 Toby Flood
22 Dan Hipkiss

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