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14th June 2018, 10:00 pm == BRAD SHIELDS says he's English as his grandparents' homemade chip butties. The New Zealand-born flanker will make his full debut against South Africa - despite never playing a Premiership game. Getty Images - Getty Brad Shields will make his full debut after Chris Robshaw was axed Boss Eddie Jones axed ex Red Rose skipper Chris Robshaw for Shields - and in doing so the Aussie incredibly became the first England boss to drop him in SIX years. Kiwi Shields, a former New Zealand Under-20s international, has been hammered by critics from World Cup winners Clive Woodward to Lewis Moody after failing to crack it as an All Black. But proving his allegiances, the 27-year-old who qualifies through his Essex-born mum and Yorkshireman dad, said: "It's obviously my blood heritage. "My grandparents were very English and the way we were brought up there was a lot of English heritage - all the teaspoons on the wall, chip butties on Sunday afternoon...

14th June 2018, 11:30 am == BRAD SHIELDS will make his full England debut against South Africa - as ex captain Chris Robshaw was dropped completely. Kiwi flanker Shields, who has never played rugby for an English club, replaces the Quins stalwart at blindside flanker for the do-or-die Second Test in Bloemfontein. Getty Images - Getty Brad Shields impressed on his debut under Eddie Jones against South Africa Getty Images - Getty Danny Cipriani has impressed in the Premiership this season and finally won over Eddie Jones Robshaw has been a mainstay of Eddie Jones' Red Rose outfit and it is a huge blow for the 32-year-old who has been axed for the first time ever under Jones. Fly-half Danny Cipriani also gets his chance to impress as the Wasps playmaker is named on the bench for his first international outing since 2015. His old club teammate Joe Launchbury comes into the pack at second row alongside Maro Itoje. Aussie boss Jones has kept the same backline with Elliot Daly at full-...