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England have made three changes for Saturday's must-win Gillette Four Nations clash with New Zealand at Huddersfield.

Coach Tony Smith has dropped stand-off Danny McGuire and three-quarters Lee Smith and Tom Briscoe, replacing them with Chris Bridge and Peter Fox, with Kyle Eastmond promoted from the bench.

The other change to the side that lost 26-16 to Australia is the recall of St Helens' back-row forward Jon Wilkin to the bench.

England team:
S Briscoe (Hull KR), Fox (Hull KR), Bridge (Warrington), Shenton (Castleford), Hall (Leeds), Tomkins (Wigan), Eastmond (St Helens), Morley (Warrington), Roby (St Helens), Graham (St Helens), Peacock (Leeds, captain), Ellis (West Tigers), Sinfield (Leeds). Subs: Burgess (Bradford), Crabtree (Huddersfield), Westwood (Warrington), Wilkin (St Helens)

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