RICHARD Blaze will start for England Under 21s on his home ground in the Six Nations clash tomorrow night (8pm).

The Warriors lock will line up at Sixways while his club team-mate, scrum-half Nick Runciman, begins on the bench.

England will be captained by Leicester Tigers centre Matt Cornwell.

Meanwhile, Warriors fly-half Shane Drahm will make his debut for England 'A' against Italy 'A' in Colleferro near Rome tomorrow night.

The Australian-born number ten qualifies for the team on residncy grounds.

Worcester prop Mike MacDonald has been named in the USA Eagles' national team player pool for 2006.

MacDonald will be on call for the three-week Churchill Cup in June and Rugby World Cup qualifiers in both July and August.