Analysis: David Hands

Martin Johnson has recalled James Haskell, the Wasps flanker, for Saturday's match against world champions South Africa.

Haskell's inclusion, in place of Tom Croft, is the only change to England's starting XV from last weekend's 28-14 defeat by Australia. Croft is included among the replacements and is joined on the bench by uncapped Leicester No 8 Jordan Crane, who has replaced Michael Lipman in the squad.

Johnson has kept faith with the tight five that struggled to impose themselves against the Wallabies and named the same back division for a third week running, although he admitted he was tempted to make more changes.

"It's great we can choose between two very young and exciting players in James and Tom," Johnson said. "We want to get some consistency in the team. They are aware of the mistakes we made - but they have the opportunity to correct them.

"The defeat rankles. We are still growing into the way we are playing. It only takes a momentary lapse, a few guys going off script in the heat of battle, for things to break down in that area.

"We gave away eight kickable penalties. We need to cut out mistakes, cut out penalties and put ourselves in a position in the last 20 minutes to win the game.

"The great thing from our point of view is that there are lots of opportunities out there - we just have to see them and exploit them."

Haskell was one of the few England players to return from the summer tour of New Zealand with his reputation enhanced after two impressive performances against the All Blacks. He lost his place to Croft, after making a slow start to the season in a struggling Wasps side.

But Haskell made an immediate impression when he came off the bench last weekend and he will offer a more physical presence against the dynamic Springbok back row.

Johnson warned his players that South Africa will be well-motivated for the match.

"I think they will definitely be up for it. They won't have any problems with that," he said. "They will want to finish the season off on a high and beat us at Twickenham.

"It's a big thing for opposition teams to come here and win, as you saw with the Australians' reaction when they won on here on Saturday. They play with huge intensity, passion and physicality."

He vowed to correct any mistakes his team made against Australia, in time for this weekend's clash.

"They were little things that added up last week," he said. "Things like that that can be fixed very quickly. It's about guys knowing their roles, getting details right and getting the points on the board.

England team to play South Africa:

D Armitage (London Irish); P Sackey (Wasps), J Noon (Newcastle), R Flutey (Wasps), U Monye (Harlequins); D Cipriani (Wasps), D Care (Harlequins); A Sheridan (Sale Sharks), L Mears (Bath), P Vickery (Wasps), S Borthwick (Saracens, capt), T Palmer (Wasps), J Haskell (Wasps), T Rees (Wasps), N Easter (Harlequins).

Replacements: D Hartley (Northampton), M Stevens (Bath), S Shaw (Wasps), T Croft (Leicester), J Crane (Leicester), H Ellis (Leicester), T Flood (Leicester).