Overview
- Steve Borthwick makes three changes to the side that lost 31-20 at Murrayfield, starting Henry Pollock, Tom Curry and Ollie Lawrence.
- Pollock is named at No.8 with Ben Earl shifting to openside and Curry to blindside, dropping Guy Pepper and Sam Underhill to the bench.
- Henry Arundell keeps his wing spot after a hearing imposed no ban for the two yellows that produced a 20-minute red card against Scotland.
- Tommy Freeman moves from outside centre to the wing, Ollie Lawrence returns at 13, and Tom Roebuck misses out on the matchday squad.
- Jack van Poortvliet and Marcus Smith are included on a 6-2 split bench, with Maro Itoje set to become England’s ninth men’s centurion at Twickenham on Feb 21.