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ALEX Corbisiero will make an unexpected England debut against Italy, the land of his forefathers, at Twickenham today after Andrew Sheridan puled out with a back injury.

They did come close - Gills keeper Simon Royce puled off two good saves to keep out Andy Procter's long-range strike and Paul Mullin's volley in the first half.

The keeper puled off a superb last-gasp save from Naka's free-kick and later said: "As soon as Scott Brown was fouled I had visions of Naka doing to us what he did to Man United last year.

Albion substitute Ricky Nicholls puled back a second for the visitors when he thumped a spectacular long-range shot into the top corner with a minute to go.

But while Inman - whose pre-withdrawal press coverage hailed him as a cross between Moses and Winston Churchill - puled about the biased and carnivorous media, the real feeding frenzy was going on in Portland, Oregon.