Captain Maro Itoje returns to the beginning line-up as England look to beat Scotland within the Calcutta Cup at Murrayfield.
Maro Itoje returns to the England beginning XV vs Scotland (Picture: Getty)
Maro Itoje returns England’s beginning line-up for Saturday’s conflict with Scotland as his facet try to interrupt a six-year Murrayfield hoodoo. The skipper was on the bench for the opening 48-7 defeat of Wales after lacking a part of the coaching camp in Girona for his mom’s funeral.
Itoje got here on after 50 minutes of the Welsh recreation and was sin-binned virtually instantly however returns to guide the facet in Edinburgh. Elsewhere, boss Steve Borthwick makes one different change to his beginning line-up with Luke Cowan-Dickie given the nod at hooker and Jamie George benched.
Alex Coles strikes to the replacements the place he’s joined by Northampton fly-half Fin Smith who featured within the first two of the 4 November Exams.
Borthwick has saved religion in your entire backline from final weekend with Henry Arundell, who scored a hat-trick, backed to cope with Scotland’s aerial menace.
The Tub man additionally provides cowl at full-back with Smith capable of slot in at 12 if wanted. England haven’t received at Murrayfield since 2020 after they triumphed 13-6, below Eddie Jones, in the midst of Storm Ciara.
England group: Freddie Steward; Tom Roebuck, Tommy Freeman, Fraser Dingwall, Henry Arundell; George Ford, Alex Mitchell; Ellis Genge, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Joe Heyes, Maro Itoje (capt), Ollie Chessum, Man Pepper, Sam Underhill, Ben Earl
Replacements: Jamie George, Bevan Rodd, Trevor Davison, Alex Coles, Tom Curry, Henry Pollock, Ben Spencer, Fin Smith
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