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Australia coach Brian Melrose has the luxury of resting Dane Haylett-Perry, the leading try scorer in the tournament after his quartet in the 81-12 defeat of Canada on day one, for their encounter with Fiji at Newport’s Rodney Parade.
His fellow try scorers James Hanson, Rob Horne, Ben McCalman and Ratu Nasiganiyavi also drop to the bench in a much-changed line up with their powerful flanker David Pocock poised to continue leading the Australians with his impressive work-rate against a Fijian side they beat 51-27 in a four-quarters trial match in Sydney two weeks ago.
Fiji finished strongly against England, outscoring their conquerors by three tries to none in the second half and will hope to start better against the Australians. Coach Rayne Simpson has run the changes like his Australian counterpart with captain Jese Cirikisuva switching to the other side of back row for the test.
England, who like Australia picked up a bonus point for scoring four tries in their 41-17 opening win against the Fijians, have also overhauled their starting line-up to face Canada in the 17:00 kick off with only five players retaining their positions, including captain Hugo Ellis.
Canada have also made changes with their two try scorers in the loss to Australia, scrum half Sean White and centre Matt Evans both dropping to the bench with Jamie Mackenzie and Taylor Dalziel given their chance in the starting line up.
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