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England winger Paul Sackey scores a try Samoa winger Alesana Tuilagi

England play Samoa on November 20: You could be there!

Planet Rugby and Investec have teamed up to offer four fans tickets to watch England take on Samoa at Twickenham on November 20.

Investec are celebrating ten years of sponsorship of England's November internationals and we want you to be a part of it!

How do you win? It's simply really: Check out the Twickenham tickets gallery on Planet Rugby and identify:

A) The team playing against England,
B) The year and
C) The score

Put together the answers to all five pictures and send them to us here.

The closing date is Sunday November 7.

England will return to action in the 2010 Investec Internationals at Twickenham in four compelling fixtures beginning with New Zealand on 6th November with fixture against Australia, Samoa and South Africa to follow on successive weekends.

"It has been a great honour for Investec to be involved with England Rugby over the last ten years," said Investec's head of global marketing, Raymond van Niekerk

"Rugby is close to Investec's heart; a sport where ambition, pride, teamwork and respect combine in a mental as well as physical context. The Investec Internationals are always very challenging and like the fans we are looking forward to some highly competitive rugby come November."

England's manager, Martin Johnson, commented:

"On behalf of the Senior England EPS I'd like to thank Investec for their support of English Rugby over the last ten years. Their investment helps England have the right facilities and environment to develop as a team. The Investec Internationals will be an important step towards the Rugby World Cup in 2011."

Since the first Investec International between England and Australia in November 2000, when England overcame Australia 22 -19, there have been some titanic Twickenham clashes against the Southern Hemisphere teams.

Here are a few facts you may not know about ten years of the Investec Internationals.

- There have been 29 matches of which England have won 18 and lost 11.

- There have been 132 tries scored at an average of around five per game. England have scored 90 and conceded 42.

- England's most recent Captain, Lewis Moody, heads the Investec Internationals appearances with 20, two more than Phil Vickery.

- A total of 2,031,445 have attended Investec Internationals at an average of 70,050 per match.

- Francois Steyn is the youngest player to make an appearance in an Investec International when he turned out for South Africa aged just 19 years and 188 days old.

- At the opposite end of the spectrum, Argentina's Mario Ledesma became the oldest player to feature at 36 years and 181 days old. However, Simon Shaw will overtake that if he represents England this November.

- Whilst Samoan props Justin Va'a and Census Johnston are the heaviest players to play an Investec International at 21st 3lb, French scrum-half, Pierre Mignoni, is the lightest at 11st 4lb.

- South African scrum-half, Ricky Januarie, is the smallest player at 5ft 6in whilst England's Simon Shaw and Nick Kennedy are the tallest at 6ft 8in.

- Ben Cohen leads the try scoring stakes with 12 touch downs in 15 appearances for England. Three of these scores came against Romania who conceded a total of 20 tries in a 134-0 defeat. During this fixture, Charlie Hodgson broke England's points record for an individual match with 44.

- Exactly 200 of Jonny Wilkinson's 1,111 points for England have accrued from kicks in his 14 Investec Internationals.

- Ground staff would have walked over 260 miles cutting the grass in preparation for Investec Internationals.

- An estimated 1.7 million pints of beer have been consumed at the Investec Internationals.

- The RFU has employed approximately 100,000 people (3,500 per match) to ensure the success of the Investec International fixtures.

Investec Internationals 2010

England v New Zealand: 06 November 2010
England v Australia: 13 November 2010
England v Samoa: 20 November 2010
England v South Africa: 27 November 2010

For further information on Investec visit - www.investec.com

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