Toby Flood replaces Charlie Hodgson at fly-half, Jamie Noon partners Mike Tindall at centre while Mathew Tait and Tom Varndell come into the back three.
Despite reports that other bidders have been approved for the bankrupt Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League, including Dallas Mavericks owner and Forbes 400 member Mark Cuban and former Texas Rangers owner Chuck Greenberg, the only bid for the hockey team has come from Vancouver businessman Tom Gaglardi.
"What everyone has come to realize is that Tom has certainly risen to the occasion, " said Mitchell Moss, director of the Rudin Center for Transportation Policy at New York University, before the appointment was announced.