article_snippet: Clubs such as Northampton, Saracens and Bath — who provide large contingents to the national squad — are bound to be involved in those blood-and-thunder matches and there is a significant risk of untimely injuries as the league campaign reaches the league campaign anticipated explosive climax.
article_snippet: England will have a final World Cup warm up match against Ireland at Twickenham .
article_snippet: A day after the Aviva Premiership final at Twickenham on May 30, an England XV made up of emerging rookies will face the Barbarians at HQ.
article_snippet: A week off upon their return from the States will be followed by a return to camp as England prepare for one experimental encounter with France at home, followed by a return fixture in Paris which their intend to treat as a more full-on Test.
article_snippet: The side to play the Barbarians will probably be made up of younger players.
article_snippet: No-one in the wider squad will play in that, though one or two who have had injuries might come back into the equation.
article_snippet: As you narrow down to the second game, the World Cup squad and the Ireland game, the World Cup squad and the Ireland game will be proper games then.
article_snippet: However, England will not wait for the World Cup squad and the Ireland game encounters with France and Ireland to assess France and Ireland players’ credentials in match conditions.
article_snippet: We’ll make sure the players are put under that sort of Test-match pressure.
article_snippet: England will also play France twice in the build up to the 2015 World Cup .