That means this is the final opportunity for several players to impress and all eyes will be on the centre pairing of Luther Burrell and Jonathan Joseph in Paris.
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Robshaw wears the No 7 jersey as he features for England for the first time since the stunning Six Nations win over France in March.
The debutants in Saturday’s 19-14 victory over Les Bleus are experiencing mixed fortunes, however, with Lancaster appearing to endorse Burgess’ claim while hinting this World Cup may have come too early for Slade. Danny Cipriani will also hope for another chance to show what he can do having been named among the replacements.
Try-scorer Jonny May retains his place in a strong looking team to be skippered by Chris Robshaw, who will be joined in the back-row by fellow flanker James Haskell and No8 Billy Vunipola.
“He is certainly pushing both Mako [Vunipola] and [Joe] Marler but we need to make sure we make the right decision because the fifth-choice prop, who can play tighthead and loosehead, has to be robust enough”. It was a tough day for Vunipola in the set piece last week, but his work around the loose will have gone a long way to reassuring Lancaster of his depth in the position.
Tournament hosts England face Fiji in the World Cup curtain-raiser at Twickenham on September 18, while they will also take on rivals Wales, Australia and Uruguay in Pool A.
There is no place among the 23 for Sam Burgess or Henry Slade even though they made fine Test debuts against France – a decision that will intensify speculation over their potential involvement at the World Cup.
“Having reviewed last Saturday there were a lot of things we were pleased with considering it was the first game”, Lancaster told the RFU website on Tuesday.
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“There is now an opportunity for those not involved or who didn’t get much opportunity from the bench to put a marker down and build on that performance”.
