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Saturday's confirmed Rugby World Cup team news including England, Ireland, Australia

Sports Mole rounds up all of the confirmed team news for the opening Saturday of the 2023 Rugby World Cup, with England, Ireland and Australia among the teams in action.



Italy vs. Namibia (12pm)

Italy Rugby players line up during the national anthems before the match on August 26, 2023© Reuters

Italy starting lineup: 15. Tommaso Allan, 14. Ange Capuozzo, 13. Juan Ignacio Brex, 12. Luca Morisi, 11. Monty Ioane, 10. Paolo Garbisi, 9. Stephen Varney, 8. Lorenzo Cannone, 7. Michele Lamaro (c), 6. Sebastian Negri, 5. Federico Ruzza, 4. Dino Lamb, 3. Simone Ferrari, 2. Giacomo Nicotera, 1. Danilo Fischetti

Replacements: 16. Epalahame Faiva, 17. Ivan Nemer, 18. Marco Riccioni, 19. David Sisi, 20. Manuel Zuliani, 21. Martin Page-Relo, 22. Paolo Odogwu, 23. Pierre Bruno

Namibia starting lineup: 15. Divan Rossouw, 14. Gerswin Mouton, 13. Johan Deysel (c), 12. Danco Burger, 11. JC Greyling, 10. Tiaan Swanepoel, 9. Damian Stevens, 8. Richard Hardwick, 7. Johan Retief, 6. Wian Conradie, 5. Tjiuee Uanivi, 4. Adriaan Ludick, 3. Johan Coetzee, 2. Torsten van Jaarsveld, 1. Desiderius Sethie

Replacements: 16. Louis van der Westhuizen, 17. Jason Benade, 18. Casper Viviers, 19. Tiaan De Klerk, 20. Prince Gaoseb, 21. Jacques Theron, 22. Andre van der Bergh, 23. Le Roux Malan.



Ireland vs. Romania (2.30pm)

Ireland Rugby players line up before the match on August 19, 2023© Reuters

Ireland starting lineup: Hugo Keenan, 14. Keith Earls, 13. Garry Ringrose, 12. Bundee Aki, 11. James Lowe, 10. Johnny Sexton (c), 9. Jamison Gibson-Park; 8. Caelan Doris, 7. Peter O'Mahony, 6. Tadhg Beirne, 5. James Ryan, 4. Joe McCarthy, 3. Tadhg Furlong, 2. Rob Herring, 1. Andrew Porter

Replacements: 16. Ronan Kelleher, 17. Jeremy Loughman, 18. Tom O'Toole, 19. Iain Henderson, 20. Josh van der Flier, 21. Conor Murray, 22. Jack Crowley, 23. Robbie Henshaw

Romania starting lineup: 15. Marius Simionescu, 14. Nicolas Onutu, 13. Fonovai Tangimana, 12. Jason Tomane, 11. Tevita Manumua, 10. Hinckley Vaovasa, 9. Gabriel Rupanu, 8. Iulian Hartig, 7. Ovidiu Cojocaru, 6. Alexandru Gordas, 5. Adrian Motoc, 4. Stefan Iancu; 3. Florian Rosu, 2. Vlad Neculau, 1. Cristian Chirica (c)

Replacements: 16. Florin Bardasu, 17. Alexandru Savin, 18. Gheorghe Gajion, 19. Marius Iftimiciuc, 20. Dragos Ser, 21. Alin Conache, 22. Tudor Boldor, 23. Taylor Gontineac



Australia vs. Georgia (5pm)

Australia players huddle before the match on August 27, 2023© Reuters

Australia starting lineup: 15. Ben Donaldson, 14. Mark Nawaqanitawase, 13. Jordan Petaia, 12. Samu Kerevi, 11. Marika Koroibete, 10. Carter Gordon, 9. Tate McDermott, 8. Rob Valetini, 7. Fraser McReight, 6. Tom Hooper, 5. Will Skelton (c), 4. Richie Arnold, 3. Taniela Tupou, 2. David Porecki, 1. Angus Bell

Replacements: 16. Matt Faessler, 17. Blake Schoupp, 18. Zane Nonggorr, 19. Rob Leota, 20. Langi Gleeson, 21. Nic White, 22. Lalakai Foketi, 23. Suliasi Vunivalu

Georgia starting lineup: 15. Davit Niniashvili, 14. Akaki Tabutsadze, 13. Demur Tapladze, 12. Merab Sharikadze (c), 11. Miriani Modebadze, 10. Luka Matkava, 9. Vasil Lobzhanidze, 8. Beka Gorgadze, 7. Luka Ivanishvili, 6. Tornike Jalagonia, 5. Konstantine Mikautadze, 4. Nodar Cheishvili, 3. Guram Papidze, 2. Shalva Mamukashvili, 1. Nika Abuladze

Replacements: 16. Tengizi Zamtaradze, 17. Guram Gogichashvili, 18. Beka Gigashvili, 19. Lasha Jaiani, 20. Giorgi Tsutskiridze, 21. Gela Aprasidze, 22. Tedo Abzhandadze, 23. Giorgi Kveseladze



England vs. Argentina (8pm)

England's Freddie Steward and Max Malins look dejected after the match on August 26, 2023© Reuters

England starting lineup: 15. Freddie Steward, 14. Jonny May, 13. Joe Marchant, 12. Manu Tuilagi, 11. Elliot Daly, 10. George Ford, 9. Alex Mitchell, 8. Ben Earl, 7. Tom Curry, 6. Courtney Lawes (c), 5. Ollie Chessum, 4. Maro Itoje, 3. Dan Cole, 2. Jamie George, 1. Ellis Genge

Replacements: 16. Theo Dan, 17. Joe Marler, 18. Will Stuart, 19. George Martin, 20. Lewis Ludlam, 21. Danny Care, 22. Marcus Smith, 23. Ollie Lawrence

Argentina starting lineup: 15. Juan Cruz Mallia, 14. Emiliano Boffelli, 13. Lucio Cinti, 12. Santiago Chocobares, 11. Mateo Carreras, 10. Santiago Carreras, 9. Gonzalo Bertranou, 8. Juan Martin Gonzalez, 7. Marcos Kremer, 6. Pablo Matera, 5. Tomas Lavanini, 4. Matias Alemanno, 3. Francisco Gomez Kodela, 2. Julian Montoya (c), 1. Thomas Gallo

Replacements: 16. Augustin Creevy, 17. Joel Sclavi, 18. Eduardo Bello, 19. Guido Petti, 20. Pedro Rubiolo, 21. Rodrigo Bruni, 22. Lautaro Bazan Velez, 23. Matias Moroni


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