Corry: new-look England to deliver

MARTIN CORRY has declared England’s record World Cup defeat against South Africa must not be a “a terminal hammer blow” for the struggling Webb Ellis Trophy holders.

England head coach Brian Ashton yesterday predictably reacted to the 36-0 thumping by changing more than half his starting line-up for next Saturday’s critical Pool A appointment with Samoa.

Fly-half Jonny Wilkinson, centres Olly Barkley and Mathew Tait, wing Mark Cueto, scrum-half Andy Gomarsall, hooker George Chuter and flanker Joe Worsley have all been called up for a tournament-saving mission in Nantes.