Martin Johnson gives only clues to England.

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Martin Johnson gives only clues to England. What are the details of the news?

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Martin Johnson has dropped a strong hint at the shape of the England midfield to play South Africa on Saturday and went a long way to listing his replacements' bench as well. The England manager had denied attempting to play "mind games" with the world champions after delaying naming his side until Thursday. However, when he listed 11 players being returned to their clubs, including the back-row James Haskell, the lock Dave Attwood and Delon Armitage, it became clear that Simon Shaw would be on the bench along with two of last Saturday's starters against Samoa, the back Matt Banahan and the flanker Hendre Fourie.