England have made wholesale changes to their back division for Saturday's second Test against New Zealand.

Winger Topsy Ojo, who scored twice on his debut in last weekend's 37-20 defeat, and centre Mike Tindall are the only survivors.

Danny Care will make his first Test start at scrum-half after a lively introduction off the bench in Auckland with Toby Flood at fly-half and Jamie Noon replacing Olly Barkley to provide more ballast in the centres.

Mathew Tait gets his chance at full-back with Tom Varndell returning to an England jersey for the first time in two years on the other wing.

While England boss Rob Andrew has made five changes in the backs, there is only one enforced change in the pack with Wasps loose-head prop Tim Payne replacing Andrew Sheridan, who was ruled out yesterday with a nasty cut to his eye.

Tom Palmer and captain Steve Borthwick continue in the second row after an impressive lineout performance while the dynamic back row unit of Tom Rees, James Haskell and Luke Narraway, which caused the All Blacks significant trouble, also remains unchanged.

With Payne promoted into the starting XV, Bristol's uncapped prop Jason Hobson is named among the replacements along with Barkley and David Strettle, who both drop to the bench after starting last weekend.

But there is no place in the match 22 for fly-half Charlie Hodgson, who struggled defensively against the All Blacks' powerful ball carriers, scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth or full-back Mike Brown.

Andrew explained the key factor behind the changes in the back division was to shore up a midfield that the All Blacks targeted last weekend.

England are also keen to give players a chance to prove they deserve to be in next season's elite player squad, which is announced on July 1.

Andrew explained: "We said before the first Test we would look at what happened and decide what we felt we needed to do.

"We also want to decide which players we wanted to have a look at, particularly in the back line, with one eye on the announcement on July 1.

"The selection of Noon at inside centre is about combinations and the physical threat that is posed by New Zealand in that area of the field and what we need to do to challenge New Zealand.

"There were lots of areas where we thought we matched them, we felt the midfield was probably the area where the game was won and lost.

"International rugby is pretty straight-forward in many ways. You have to defend well at international level.

"Frankly we didn't do that last weekend. We need to get a balance in there to defend better than we did last week.

"We must also find space against the All Blacks, as the All Blacks did against us and they did it very well."

London Irish lock Nick Kennedy, Northampton hooker Dylan Hartley, Wasps centre Dominic Waldouck and Leicester loose-forward Tom Croft are the only members of the squad not to feature in either Test squad.

Much of the post-match focus last weekend fell on Hodgson's defensive frailties and Andrew stated immediately after the defeat that "some bits of Test rugby are not optional."

Defence coach Mike Ford has met with Hodgson twice in the last 24 hours and promised his full support in developing that fortitude England need.

"I had a good sit down with Charlie. He is very gutted, he realised he didn't play well," said Ford.

"I will give him every ounce of support I can from now on if he feels he needs it. We are there for him.

"He understands that at international level that with just one missed tackle you are back under your own posts. He realises he has to improve."

Teams

England: Mathew Tait (Newcastle); Topsy Ojo (London Irish), Mike Tindall (Gloucester), Jamie Noon (Newcastle), Tom Varndell (Leicester); Toby Flood (Newcastle), Danny Care (Harlequins); Tim Payne (Wasps), Lee Mears (Bath), Matt Stevens (Bath), Tom Palmer (Wasps), Steve Borthwick (Bath, captain), James Haskell (Wasps), Tom Rees (Wasps), Luke Narraway (Gloucester).

Replacements: Jason Hobson (Bristol), David Paice (London Irish), Ben Kay (Leicester), Joe Worsley (Wasps), Peter Richards (London Irish), Olly Barkley (Bath), David Strettle (Harlequins).

New Zealand: Leon MacDonald (Crusaders); Sitiveni Sivivatu (Chiefs), Richard Kahui (Chiefs), Ma'a Nonu (Hurricanes), Rudi Wulf (Blues); Daniel Carter (Crusaders), Andy Ellis (Crusaders); Neemia Tialata (Hurricanes), Andrew Hore (Hurricanes), Greg Somerville (Crusaders), Brad Thorn (Crusaders), Ali Williams (Crusaders), Adam Thomson (Highlanders), Richie McCaw (Crusaders), Rodney So'oialo (Hurricanes).

Replacements: Keven Mealamu (Blues), Tony Woodcock (Blues), Anthony Boric (Blues), Sione Lauaki (Chiefs), Jimmy Cowan (Highlanders), Stephen Donald (Chiefs), Mils Muliaina (Chiefs).

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