North Midlands pair Craig Voisey and Mark Evans have been named among the replacements for England Counties who have made eleven changes to their starting line-up for their meetiung with Ontario Blues at Oakville Crusaders RFC on Tuesday (June 8) in the second game of their three-match tour to Canada.
The Counties also change their captain, with Yorkshire's Kyle Dench taking over from prop Matt Long, who takes a day off.
"This is a massive honour for me, especially when you consider that I only came into the squad at the 11th hour," said the Harrogate centre: "It's a new experience, but it's a challenge and I'm going to look at it that way and try to get the best out of everybody.
"I've always been in teams where I've had experienced players around me and hopefully I can draw from what I learned from players like Dave Scully.
"I've always believed in trying to play with a smile on my face. So I'll be doing my best and trying to lead from the front. I wasn't expecting to come on tour and then I wasn't expecting to get a run in the first game, but it worked out that way and it was brilliant to be out there.
"To get on the pitch and wear that white shirt is amazing and to be asked to captain the side is a special honour. I can clearly remember making my Counties debut in France and how big a thing it was, so I understood how the lads on debut will feel. Hopefully I can help them to deal with the experience and we can deliver a quality display in which everyone gets to show what they can do."
The tourists opened with a hard-fought 20-6 win over The Rock in Newfoundland and they have now relocated to Toronto, where the temperature has risen by 20 degrees and a less attritional contest is expected.
The Counties suffered their first major setback of the trip when Man of the Match against The Rock, Saracens and Hertfordshire flanker Will Fraser, suffered damage to his knee in the dying moments of an outstanding performance and will not play again on the trip.
He is awaiting a hospital visit tomorrow (Monday) to establish the extent of the damage.
England Counties XV (v Ontario Blues at Oakville Crusaders RFC, Toronto): Tom Jarvis (unattached & Gloucestershire); James Tincknell (Wharfedale), Kyle Dench (Harrogate & Yorkshire), Henry Staff (Blackheath & Hertfordshire), Charlie Ingall (Tynedale & Northumberland); Paul Humphries (Blackheath & Kent), Will Cliff (Sale Sharks & Cheshire); Gavin Woods (Caldy & Cheshire), Jonny Roddam (Fylde & Lancashire), Nick Flynn (Sedgley Park & Lancashire), Louis McGowan (Coventry & Lancashire), Luke Collins (Redruth & Cornwall), Mark Wilson (Blaydon & Northumberland), Daniel Baines (Macclesfield & Lancashire), Phil Eggleshaw (Nottingham & Durham). Replacements: Matt Hall (Blaydon & Northumberland), Craig Voisey (Rotherham & North Midlands), Harry Spencer (Saracens/Bedford & Devon), Mark Evans (Moseley & North Midlands), Tom Kessell (Plymouth Albion & Devon), Steve Hamilton (Blackheath & Kent), Fergus Mulchrone (Macclesfield & Cheshire).
