The Saxons take on Italy 'A' one week after beating Ireland 'A' with Geraghty and Dowson retaining their respective places at fly half and number eight. Clarke was an unused substitute in Bath but is one of nine players drafted into the starting lineup by head coach Stuart Lancaster.

"The guys put in a great performance last weekend and we hope to back that up with another impressive display against Italy A on Sunday," he said. "We've made quite a few changes to the squad that beat Ireland A last weekend which gives opportunities to the new guys coming in.

ENGLAND SAXONS TEAM TO PLAY ITALY 'A'
Six Nations
Stadio Comunale, Treviso
Sunday, February 7th, 2010
Kick off 2:3opm CET
15 Danny Cipriani (London Wasps)
14 David Strettle (Harlequins)
13 Jon Clarke (Northampton Saints)
12 Brad Barritt (Saracens)
11 Miles Benjamin (Worcester Warriors)
10 Shane Geraghty (Northampton Saints)
9 Micky Young (Newcastle Falcons)
1 David Flatman (Bath Rugby)
2 Rob Webber (London Wasps)
3 Paul Doran-Jones (Gloucester Rugby)
4 Geoff Parling (Leicester Tigers)
5 George Skivington (London Wasps, captain)
6 Chris Robshaw (Harlequins)
7 Hendre Fourie (Leeds Carnegie)*
8 Phil Dowson (Northampton Saints)

Replacements:
16 Tom Mercey (Saracens)
17 Rob Vickers (Newcastle Falcons)*
18 Dave Attwood (Gloucester Rugby)
19 Tom Wood (Worcester Warriors)
20 Richard Wigglesworth (Sale Sharks)
21 Dominic Waldouck (London Wasps)
22 Alex Goode (Saracens)

*Denotes uncapped for England Saxons