CHRIS Hill and Daryl Clark will both feature for England against New Zealand today.
Although named at prop yesterday, Warrington Wolves skipper Hill starts on the bench with Tom Burgess moving alongside James Graham in the first Test at Hull FC’s KCOM Stadium.
By playing, he will earn his 27th cap and become Warrington’s most-capped England player of all time, overtaking teammate Ben Westwood’s mark.
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Clark is on the interchange bench alongside St Helens prop Luke Thompson and South Sydney brothers George and Tom Burgess.
If he comes off the bench, Clark will make his first international appearance since the Four Nations win over Scotland in 2016.
Stefan Ratchford, the third Wolves player in Bennett’s squad, misses out as Jonny Lomax is preferred at full-back.
England team to face New Zealand: Jonny Lomax; Jermaine McGillvary, Oliver Gildart, Jake Connor, Tommy Makinson; George Williams, Sam Tomkins; Tom Burgess, Josh Hodgson, James Graham, Elliot Whitehead, John Bateman, Sean O’Loughlin. Subs: Daryl Clark, Luke Thompson, George Burgess, Chris Hill.
New Zealand team: Dallin Watene-Zelezniak; Ken Maumalo, Esen Marsters, Joey Manu, Jordan Rapana; Shaun Johnson, Kodi Nikorima, Jesse Bromwich, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, Kevin Proctor, Isaac Liu, James Fisher-Harris. Subs: Kenny Bromwich, Leeson Ah Mau, Martin Taupau, Joseph Tapine.
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