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Moore gets the nod over Roby
HUDDERSFIELD Giants hooker Scott Moore will make his international debut in the starting line tomorrow when England take on France at the Stade Jean Bouin in Paris.
Moore gets the nod ahead of former Super League Man of Steel James Roby, who will start the match on the bench as he does for his club St Helens.
Leeds winger Ryan Hall is the only other Test debutant with Wigan half-back Sam Tomkins and Castleford loose forward Joe Westerman omitted from coach Tony Smith's 19-man squad.
New France coach Bobbie Goulding, the former St Helens, Wakefield and Great Britain scrum-half, is without seven first-team regulars in Sebastien Raguin, Jamal Fakir (both knee), Dimitri Pelo (ankle), Cyril Stacul (broken thumb), David Ferriol (ankle), Olivier Elima (eye) and Christophe Moly, who is unavailable.
France: Villegas (Toulouse); Vaccari, Baile (both Catalans), Planas (Toulouse), Duport (Catalans); Murcia (Limoux), Bosc (Catalans); Casty, Bentley, Guisset (capt), Mounis, Gossard (all Catalans), Anselme (Toulouse). Substitutes: Martins (Pia), Gagliazzo (Carcassonne), Barthau (Catalans), Griffi (Toulouse).
England (probable): Briscoe (Hull KR); Fox (Hull KR), Shenton (Castleford), Atkins (Wakefield), Hall (Leeds); McGuire (Leeds), Myler (Salford); Morley (Warrington), Moore (Huddersfield), Graham (St Helens), Peacock (Leeds, capt), Westwood (Warrington), Burgess (Bradford). Substitutes: Roby (St Helens), Hock (Wigan), Clubb (Harlequins), Crabtree (Huddersfield).
Fixtures
Super League (8.00): Hull KR v Harlequins, St Helens v Castleford.
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