Steve Borthwick has recalled Ollie Chessum to his beleaguered facet for his or her last Six Nations match towards France however in any other case caught by the identical underfire gamers who suffered defeat towards Italy.
Chessum comes into the facet at blindside flanker so as to add to England’s lineout choices however Borthwick has named an unchanged again line regardless of final weekend’s humiliating first ever defeat by the Azzurri which prolonged England’s shedding run to 3 matches. Man Pepper switches to openside flanker with Sam Underhill – who was a late call-up for the injured Tom Curry towards Italy – returning to the bench.
After the document defeat by Eire, Borthwick ripped up his facet and made 12 modifications however on this event he has stored religion in his expenses with a dedication to double down on the kick-heavy tactic employed to date within the championship.
Because of this, Ben Spencer and Fin Smith proceed because the halfbacks with Seb Atkinson retaining his place at inside centre and Tommy Freeman remaining within the No13 jersey. Cadan Murley and Tom Roebuck are on the wings with Elliot Daly sticking at fullback – Borthwick opting towards turning to Marcus Smith or George Furbank.
Up entrance, Jamie George, who was within the wars towards Italy and required repeated remedy, stays at hooker with Ellis Genge and Joe Heyes once more the props. Alex Coles retains his place alongside the captain Maro Itoje within the second row with Pepper and Ben Earl becoming a member of Chessum within the back-row. Chessum is a lock by commerce however impressed every so often within the back-row when deployed there by Andy Farrell throughout final summer time’s British & Irish Lions tour of Australia.
On the bench Luke Cowan-Dickie, Bevan Rodd and Trevor Davison present front-row cowl with Chandler Cunningham-South and Henry Pollock becoming a member of Underhill in a 6-2 break up. Jack van Poortvliet and Marcus Smith are additionally among the many replacements.
“It’s an enormous problem underneath the lights in Paris towards a really robust France facet,” stated Borthwick. “England versus France is among the nice rivalries in worldwide rugby and we’re trying ahead to the event.”
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