Retallick, Farrell to win 100th Test caps in Twickenham Test | Sport

New Zealand lock Brodie Retallick and England captain Owen Farrell will both win their 100th Test caps after being named in the respective starting XVs for Saturday's encounter at Twickenham. | Sport24news

Test caps after being named in the respective starting XVs for Saturday's encounter at Twickenham.

Retallick and Whitelock will also set a new world record of 64 Test starts together, with the previous best of 63 held by South Africa second rows Bakkies Botha and Victor Matfield.There are positional changes to the back division that helped the All Blacks avoid a first defeat by Scotland with a 31-23 win at Murrayfield last weekend.

Farrell captains a starting line-up that sees coach Eddie Jones take the unusual step of naming two No 8s, Sam Simmonds and Billy Vunipola in his back-row.Simmonds and Vunipola were first paired together towards the end of last Saturday's 52-13 rout of over Japan.

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