Mako Vunipola returns at prop for England in the quarter-final clash, while Courtney Lawes is chosen in the second row. Captain Owen Farrell is also named at fly half with Henry Slade picked to start at outside centre.

Jordan Petaia, 19, will play at centre for Australia, Will Genia is preferred to Nic White at scrum-half while David Pocock and Michael Hooper are in the back row.

Kurtley Beale has passed concussion protocols to start at full-back.

• When? Saturday, 19 October
• Kick-off? 8.15am, BST
• Where? Oita, Japan
• Coverage? Live on ITV

Views from the camp

England head coach Eddie Jones: “Once you get to the quarter-finals it’s about having the right mindset. We know how well we can play, it’s about us playing to our strengths and trying to take away from what Australia want.

“Australia are a clever team, they will have some specific attacking strategies to play against us so we need to have a great situational awareness. We need to defend with brutality and when we have the ball we need play on top of them.”

Australia head coach Michael Cheika: “Call me a sucker. I believe in my lads. I know there’s other people who won’t give us much of a chance but I believe that when you believe in yourself you are much closer to being able to create history.

“It’s just about being ready. We’ll be ready, there is no doubt about that. We’ll be precise in what we need to do and physically ready and we’ll be ready to get the job done.”

Previous encounters

• 3 October 2015, England 13 – 33  Australia (Twickenham, London)
• 11 June 2016, Australia 28 – 39  England (Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane)       
• 18 June 2016,  Australia 7 – 23    England (AAMI Park, Melbourne)              
• 25 June 2016, Australia 40 – 44  England (Allianz Stadium, Sydney)             
• 3 December 2016, England 37 – 21  Australia (Twickenham, London) 
• 18 November 2017, England 30 – 6    Australia (Twickenham, London) 
• 24 November 2018, England 37 – 18  Australia (Twickenham, London)

Key stats

England and Australia have met 50 times previously, England have won 24 of those matches with Australia winning 25, a drawn game in 1997 completes the head-to-head record.

England and Australia have clashed before on six occasions in the Rugby World Cup, both sides picking up three wins including a triumph each in the final, Australia beating England in the 1991 showpiece match at Twickenham and England exacting revenge in Sydney in the 2003 final.

2015 marked the first time England failed to reach the knock-out stage of a Rugby World Cup, Australia have achieved this feat in all nine editions of the tournament now, winning six of their eight previous matches at this juncture of the competition (England W4, L3).

England have won their last six Test matches against Australia, their longest ever winning run against their antipodean rivals, their last defeat against them came at the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

England averaged 29 kicks in play per game during the pool stage, the most of any team, Australia meanwhile averaged the fewest (13).