Samoa head coach Fuimaono Titimaea Tafua has made three changes to his starting line-up to take on England at Twickenham on Saturday.
Despite suffering a shock 17-13 defeat to Romania in Bucharest last weekend, Tafua has not made wholesale changes and retained most of the matchday squad from that fixture.
In the back-line, there is only one change with Alapati Leiua starting at inside centre in place of Rey Lee-Lo, who has been named on the replacements bench.
Amongst the forwards, TJ Ioane returns to the run-on side to start on the openside flank. He takes over from Jack Lam who shifts to number eight where he replaces veteran back-row Ofisa Treviranus who drops down to the bench.
The final change is in the second row where Josh Tyrell returns to the starting line-up in place of Faatiga Lemalu.
Samoa: 15 Ahsee Tuala, 14 Paul Perez, 13 Kieron Fonotia, 12 Alapati Leiua, 11 David Lemi, 10 Tim Nanai-Williams, 9 Dwayne Polataivao, 8 Jack Lam, 7 TJ Ioane, 6 Piula Faasalele, 5 Chris Vui (c), 4 Josh Tyrell, 3 Donald Brighouse, 2 Motu Matu’u, 1 Jordan Lay
Replacements: 16 Manu Leiataua, 17 James Lay, 18 Hisa Sasagi, 19 Faatiga Lemalu, 20 Ofisa Treviranus, 21 Melani Matavao, 22 Rey Lee-Lo, 23 JJ Taulagi
Date: Saturday, November 18
Venue: Twickenham
Kick-Off: 15:00 GMT
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Nigel Owens (Wales), Craig Evans (Wales)
TMO: Simon McDowell (Ireland)
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