FORMER Stonyhurst pupil Kyran Bracken will captain England for the second Test against Canada.

Rossendale's Alex Sanderson, who captained the side in the 41-19 win over British Columbia in midweek, misses out. His brother Pat is named as one of the replacements for the game which kicks off on Saturday night, midnight (BST).

Meanwhile, Alex King has vowed to end the goalkicking difficulties which are blocking his international future.

The Wasps fly-half was again named on the bench by manager Clive Woodward.

The decision came despite an impressive second half performance against British Columbia on Tuesday night, when King helped shore up a below-par defence and found time to exploit gaps in the home rearguard which seemed non-existent before his arrival.

Woodward indicated that he did not view King as a competent enough goalkicker to be handed the role in the Test arena, with his only choice lying between Dave Walder and Tim Stimpson.

With Josh Lewsey a decisive victor in the battle with Stimpson for the full-back berth, Walder remains the alternative and his presence at stand-off again this weekend - and that of record points-scorer Jonny Wilkinson on the Lions tour - only emphasises the problem King faces in trying to add to his collection of five caps.

He has been working with Walder over the past two weeks in Canada under the gaze of temporary goalkicking coach Paul Grayson and feels enough work has been done to help challenge Kenny Logan for the right to be number one goalkicker at Wasps next season, providing the platform to prove to Woodward that he is good enough.

"I have been working really hard with Paul Grayson and he has ironed out a few deficiencies which have developed," said the 26-year-old.

"Although Kenny Logan has had his problems in the past, he was still top points scorer by a long way last season.

"But I definitely want to take over as number one kicker next season and the work I am doing now will hopefully help me achieve that.

"Clearly Clive sees Jonny Wilkinson as the first choice fly-half at the moment but I can't afford to get distracted by that.

"If I start looking at the bigger picture, I will lose the immediate focus of trying to impress in training with England and in matches with Wasps."

King finds himself alongside some new faces on the bench, with Bath's Mark Regan taking over the replacement hooker role from club-mate Andy Long and utility man Steve White-Cooper offering forward cover for the back five.

After the quintet of new faces last week, White-Cooper now stands to make his Test debut.

The only change to the starting line-up sees Simon Shaw replace Steve Borthwick - who drops out of the squad completely - in the second-row.

Shaw would have played in the 22-10 win at Markham last weekend but was only 95% fit following an ankle problem he picked up against the Barbarians last month.

However, 60 minutes against British Columbia last night dispelled any further fears about Shaw's fitness and he is now raring to go.

"I only missed one game for Wasps this season so to pick up the injury was pretty frustrating," he said.

"I couldn't train until the end of last week and there is so much strength in depth in the second row that you don't want to miss an opportunity.

"Ben Kay and Steve Borthwick did well last week, so it was a relief to hear my name in the side."

Shaw's previous start came in the defeat to Scotland at Murrayfield last year, a reverse which cost England a Grand Slam.

Woodward's side have lost just one game since and are bidding to extend their winning sequence to 10.

They will again start odds-on favourites, with Woodward clearly expecting his youthful side to improve immeasurably from last week's experience.

Canada are boosted by the return of number eight Ryan Banks from suspension, skipper Al Charron moving into the second-row to accommodate his return.

But the loss of hooker Pat Dunkley is a massive setback.

Dale Burleigh failed to find any kind of throwing form in the line-outs, constantly seeing Kay pinch possession, and any repeat will almost certainly cost Canada any faint hopes of victory.

Publicly at least, the England camp are preparing for another tough encounter.

"We will have to perform a lot better because it will be more physical," said Bracken.

"Canada will have been disappointed by the eventual outcome last week because we were only 5-3 up at half-time.

"We didn't control the ball well and lost possession too many times.

"But we have gone through the video and learned a lot about the Canadians as well as ourselves. It is nice to have a second chance."

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