LONDON: If you recognise half the faces in England jerseys that flash up on the screen five minutes before kick-off this weekend a friend would be well within their rights to suggest you get out more.

The side that beat Fiji five tries to two last Saturday was the most inexperienced starting XV that England had fielded in a decade, boasting just 215 caps between them, with a quarter of those collected by five-eighth Toby Flood.

That is half the number of caps (431) behind the Wallabies that lost to France the same day and proof, according to Australian hooker Tatafu Polota-Nau, that experience counts for little in the Test arena.

"When they played against Fiji it seemed like the cohesion was really spot on, we're looking forward to a really tough outing, whether they're young guys or the old bulls, there shouldn't be any difference," Polota-Nau said.

While Australia's injury crisis has forced Robbie Deans to blood 14 new players this year, England's Rugby World Cup disaster forced the RFU to blood a new coach, Stuart Lancaster, who has given 16 new players their first caps in just nine Tests this year.