Barrett returns to skipper All Blacks against England at Twickenham

Scott Barrett will return from injury to captain New Zealand against England at Twickenham on Saturday as the All Blacks continue their quest for a tour clean sweep of the Home Nations.

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The lock missed last week's hard-fought 25-17 win over Scotland at Murrayfield following a cut to his leg, that required a dozen stitches, suffered during the win, the weekend before, over Ireland in Chicago.

But Barrett has now been restored to the second row in the team announced by coach Scott Robertson on Thursday, and will partner Fabian Holland at lock as the All Blacks look to beef up their pack for what should be a bruising forward battle with England.

Robertson expects his team to be in for a tough time of it in front of a capacity crowd.

“Twickenham is one of the iconic venues in world rugby and there is nothing quite like hearing 80,000 fans singing ‘Swing Low’ to get the adrenaline pumping,” he said.

Barrett replaces the benched Josh Lord, with Simon Parker's recall meaning back-row forward Wallace Sititi is also relegated to a position among the replacements.