England have gambled on the Newcastle centre pairing of 18-year-old Mathew Tait and Jamie Noon in the midfield, with Charlie Hodgson at fly-half in the continued injury absence of Jonny Wilkinson.

With the return of feisty scrum-half Matt Dawson following his exclusion from the autumn internationals for putting television commitments before England training, it is a backline which excites Robinson.

A lot of people have retired and we have a lot of people out injured, said Robinson.

We do have new faces in the team which is great. Theyll get their opportunity and Im sure theyll do a good job but its good to have experience too.

Matt Dawson has come in and he has got a lot of experience and that will count on Saturday, and weve got guys like Danny Grewcock and Ben Kay and myself. Weve got a good mixture of experience and youth.

Tait, however, is the man who has captured all the attention.

While Robinson is reluctant to heap even more pressure on such immature shoulders, he admits to being a huge admirer of the Newcastle threequarter.

Hes been playing outstanding rugby for his club. Hes got a lot of pace, hes confident, hes a strong lad, said the Sale Sharks star.

I remember my first international fixture, it was a massive thing. But for him the atmosphere is going to be great, playing against Wales in one of the best stadiums in the world. Hopefully we will see a star born.

Obviously there will be nerves. The main thing is to go out and play the way he has been playing and enjoy it and not let the atmosphere get the better of him.

Robinson insisted there would be no underestimating a Welsh side which has not beaten England since the Grand Slam-busting match at Wembley in 1999, but which did embarrass them in the first half of the World Cup quarter-final 14 months ago.

Weve done our homework, we know what they are all about. Theyve made comments about exciting and entertaining the crowd but the main thing for us is just winning the game, said Robinson.

The main thing about England is our strength in depth. We believe we have got a team to beat Wales.

Meanwhile, flanker Lewis Moody was forced to sit out training with a hamstring niggle. He was scheduled to have a fitness test with Sales Chris Jones standing by.