Jones goes for the tried and trusted

Australia have made just one change to their starting line-up for the Rugby World Cup Final, against England at Sydney's Telstra Stadium on Saturday. Al Baxter comes in for the injured Ben Darwin at tighthead prop, with a big change, also, on the bench.

Darwin has a bulging disc in his neck after being stretchered off the field during the Wallabies' semi-final win over New Zealand last Saturday.

That means that Matt Dunning steps up to the bench, while elsewhere in the forwards, coach Eddie Jones has stuck with line-out specialist Justin Harrison ahead of David Giffin, who remains on the bench.

"At this stage, Justin will play the first part of the game the best," said Jones.

"Giff has had an interrupted World Cup, but we know he can come on in the second half and really give us a lot of experience. His performance last weekend was absolutely outstanding."

Jones paid tribute to the form shown by England during RWC 2003 and revealed that he is expected a mighty battle up front.

"When playing us, I'm sure there's only one thing they are looking at, and that's to dominate us in the forwards," he said.

"They are just playing to their strengths. The semi-final was an unusual game because of the rain. They still have the ability to play with greater width but certainly they've playing a much shorter, narrower game in this World Cup than they've been playing previously.

"England have been heavily criticised but whether they play poorly or play well, they still win. Sides struggle to beat them because they control their first-phase possession so well and convert that to points ... they are such good accumulators of points."

Jones was admant that the last encounter between the two teams - in Melbourne back in June of this year when England won by 25-14 - would have little relevance to Saturday's game.

"We've got a completely different side that played in June," said Jones. "Maybe only six of the team are the same. We've got a young pack and they have no fear.

"They've got nothing to be frightened of. They'll play with a lot of aggression and if we're good enough we'll get on top of them and if we're not good enough, we won't. We've got no fear at all."

The big change on the bench, meanwhile, sees little ACT Brumbies utility back Matt Giteau replace Nathan Grey in the No.21 jumper.

Giteau, who can play anywhere in the backline, missed the semi-final win over the All Blacks with an ankle injury, but he could play a crucial role for the Wallabies in the Final from the bench.

Australia: 15 Mat Rogers, 14 Wendell Sailor, 13 Stirling Mortlock, 12 Elton Flatley (vice-captain), 11 Lote Tuqiri, 10 Stephen Larkham, 9 George Gregan (captain), 8 David Lyons, 7 Phil Waugh (vice-captain), 6 George Smith, 5 Nathan Sharpe, 4 Justin Harrison, 3 Al Baxter, 2 Brendan Cannon, 1 Bill Young.
Replacements: 16 Jeremy Paul, 17 Matt Dunning, 18 David Giffin, 19 Matt Cockbain, 20 Chris Whitaker, 21 Matt Giteau, 22 Joe Roff.

Kick-off: 20.00 local (09.00 GMT), Live in the UK on ITV1