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Article: Hodgson handed brief to lift 'turgid' England.(Sport)
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- South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- November 12, 2009
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LONDON Irish scrum-half Paul Hodgson will make his first Test start against Argentina on Saturday charged with jolting England's flat-lining attacking game into life.
Hodgson comes into the side along with the dynamic duo of No 8 James Haskell and hooker Dylan Hartley after all three made an impression off the bench late in last weekend's 18-9 defeat to Australia.
England manager Martin Johnson was forced to make one other change, with 35-year-old Bath tighthead Duncan Bell replacing the injured David Wilson to make his first Test start since the 2005 Six ...