Ed Slater to lead England against Crusaders

Ed Slater will captain England against the Crusaders at AMI Stadium tomorrow.
The Leicester lock, who led his club in the second half of the season, will skipper a side containing 12 capped internationals.
Slater is one of four senior England debutants along with Northampton prop Alex Waller, Gloucester centre Henry Trinder and Bath wing Anthony Watson.
Christchurch-born Michael Paterson, who was called into the squad last week, is named on the replacements’ bench.
Danny Cipriani will be leading the attack partnering Lee Dickson at half-back with the experienced Brad Barritt outside him at No.12.
England Head Coach Stuart Lancaster said: “This is a really important match for us in terms of the development of our squad. We wanted this game to test ourselves against a top Super 15 side and with a large squad out here we are hoping to create opportunities for everyone to lay down a marker on this tour. We can see by how they have trained that they can’t wait to pull on an England shirt tomorrow.
“Ed is a natural leader who has captained Leicester well and I am sure he will do the same with this England side.
“We are treating this like an additional Test and I know the Crusaders will be highly motivated to put in a good performance on the back of their Super 15 form.”
England: Alex Goode (Saracens); Ben Foden (Northampton), Henry Trinder (Gloucester), Brad Barritt (Saracens), Anthony Watson (Bath); Danny Cipriani (Sale), Lee Dickson (Northampton); Alex Waller (Northampton), Joe Gray (Harlequins), Henry Thomas (Sale); Ed Slater (Leicester, Capt.), Dave Attwood (Bath); James Haskell (London Wasps), Matt Kvesic (Gloucester), Tom Johnson (Exeter).
Replacements: David Ward (Harlequins), Nathan Catt (Bath), Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins), Michael Paterson (Sale), Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens), Stephen Myler (Northampton), Jonny May (Gloucester), Chris Pennell (Worcester)