Payne to gain from Sheridan's absence

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Sheridan had 12 stitches inserted into a cut around his left eye-lid after Saturday's defeat in Auckland, and the England medics consider it too delicate to risk him facing the All Blacks this weekend.

Payne is set to be promoted from the bench when tour manager Rob Andrew names his team in the early hours of Tuesday.

Sheridan was caught in the face by a stray stud from Lee Mears' boot as a scrum collapsed.

"I have never seen stitches that close to the eye. They are right where the eye-lashes are," said Sheridan's fellow England prop Matt Stevens.

"You see some horrific injuries at the bottom of rucks and scrums. It is the luck of the draw. If your face is at the bottom of a ruck, that can happen.

"Andy is a superb loose-head and he is disappointed, but we are lucky we have someone like Tim Payne to come in.

"He has played seven finals over the last few years with Wasps and won them all. He is a seasoned player, a guy with an unbelievable work rate and someone I am looking forward to playing with."