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England vs Barbarians: What time is it, what TV channel is it on and what is our prediction?

The Barbarians form a huddle following a training session - Getty Images Europe
The Barbarians form a huddle following a training session - Getty Images Europe

What is it?

It's the Quilter Cup contest between England and a star-studded Barbarians side.

When is it?

It's on Sunday, May 27.

Where is it?

The home of rugby, so Twickenham Stadium.

What time is kick-off?

3pm

Six questions about Eddie Jones' England that will be answered in South Africa
Six questions about Eddie Jones' England that will be answered in South Africa

What TV channel is it on?

Sky Sports Action will have live coverage of the match. Alternatively, you can follow our rolling blog. Bookmark this page and come back nearer the time.

What's the team news?

England

Elliot Daly will start England's non-cap international against the Barbarians at full-back with Danny Cipriani forced to settle for a place among the replacements.

It is Daly's first outing in the number 15 jersey having made all but one of his 18 previous England appearances on the wing and the selection sees Mike Brown - the usual incumbent in the position - switch to the left wing.

Cipriani has been overlooked for a starting role despite his return to the senior England squad for the first time under Jones.

The 30-year-old has been in irresistible form for Wasps this season and will tour South Africa next month, but will be limited to a cameo at Twickenham with Jones refusing to disclose whether he is being considered at fly-half or full-back.

Elliot Daly runs with a heavy bag  - Credit: Getty Images
Elliot Daly starts for England at full-back Credit: Getty Images

The team is co-captained by George Ford and Chris Robshaw and the latter is joined in the back row by Tom Curry, the Sale openside who appears destined to fill the seven jersey for next month's series against South Africa.

Scrum-half Ben Youngs is back in an England jersey for the first time since suffering a serious knee injury in the NatWest Six Nations opener against Italy in March.

There are four uncapped players in the starting XV in centre Henry Trinder, hooker Jack Singleton, lock Elliott Stooke and number eight Zach Mercer.

England: E Daly (Wasps); J May (Leicester), H Trinder (Gloucester), P Francis (Northampton), M Brown (Harlequins); G Ford (Leicester, co-capt), B Youngs (Leicester); J Marler (Harlequins), J Singleton (Worcester), K Sinckler (Harlequins), E Stooke (Bath), J Launchbury (Wasps), C Robshaw (Harlequins, co-capt), T Curry (Sale), Z Mercer (Bath).

Replacements: G McGuigan (Leicester), E Genge (Leicester), N Schonert (Worcester), J Beaumont (Sale), M Wilson (Newcastle), D Robson (Wasps), D Cipriani (Wasps), D Solomona (Sale).

Baa-baas

Chris Ashton will make a Twickenham return. England international wing Ashton, who has won 39 caps but not played Test rugby since 2014, features at full-back for the Baa-baas.

Ashton's Toulon colleague Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe captains a team that also includes the likes of Scotland fly-half Finn Russell and Wales flanker Justin Tipuric.

Chris Ashton's celebration - Credit: AP
Chris Ashton makes his Twickenham return - albeit for England's opposition Credit: AP

Other starters include Newcastle centre Josh Matavesi, Gloucester prop John Afoa and La Rochelle's New Zealand international back-row forward Victor Vito.

Ashton has shone in the French Top 14 this season, scoring a tournament record 26 tries.

The Baa-baas have made a late change in their squad with South Africa international lock Flip van der Merwe being sidelined by suspension, so Joe Tekori provides second-row bench cover.

Barbarians: C Ashton (Toulon and England); J Tuisova (Toulon and Fiji), S Radradra (Toulon), J Matavesi (Newcastle and Fiji), N Adeolokun (Connacht and Ireland); F Russell (Glasgow and Scotland), R Williams (Bristol and Wales); D Buckley (Connacht), B Kayser (Clermont Auvergne and France), J Afoa (Gloucester and New Zealand), U Dillane (Connacht and Ireland), S Timani (Clermont Auvergne and Australia), J M Fernandez Lobbe (Toulon and Argentina, capt), J Tipuric (Ospreys and Wales), V Vito (La Rochelle and New Zealand).

Replacements: T Polota-Nau (Leicester and Australia), L Uhila (Clermont Auvergne), R Herrera (Stade Francais and Argentina), J Tekori (Toulouse and Samoa), N Latu (Newcastle and Tonga), G Laidlaw (Clermont Auvergne and Scotland), L McAlister (Toulon and New Zealand), M Fekitoa (Toulon and New Zealand).

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What are the odds?

England to win 2/9

Barbarians 10/3

Draw 25/1

What's our prediction?

Eddie Jones' England to win 26-16