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| Venue: Twickenham Stadium Date: Saturday, 4 February Kick-off: 16:45 GMT |
| Coverage: Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live; follow live text commentary on the BBC Sport website and app. |
Wing Ollie Hassell-Collins will make his England debut in Saturday’s Six Nations opener against Scotland at Twickenham.
Manu Tuilagi is left out of the 23-man matchday squad and Joe Marchant starts at outside centre in Steve Borthwick’s first game as head coach.
Captain Owen Farrell will start at 12 and partner fly-half Marcus Smith.
Flanker Ben Curry will earn a second England cap 17 months after his first, stepping in for injured brother Tom.
Jack van Poortvliet is England’s starting scrum-half, pushing the more experienced Ben Youngs, who has 121 England caps, to the bench.
Wing Max Malins returns to the back three, where Freddie Steward starts at full-back.
In the front row, hooker Jamie George will start – he has completed his return to play after concussion – as Luke Cowan-Dickie is injured.
Ollie Chessum partners Maro Itoje in the second row and Curry is joined by Lewis Ludlam in the back row, with Alex Dombrandt at number eight.
England: Steward; Malins, Marchant, Farrell (capt), Hassell-Collins; Smith, Van Poortvliet; Genge, George, Sinckler, Itoje, Chessum, Ludlam, B Curry, Dombrandt.
Replacements: Walker, M Vunipola, Cole, Isiekwe, Earl, Youngs, Lawrence, Watson.
Scotland: Hogg; Steyn, Jones, Tuipulotu, Van der Merwe; Russell, White; Schoeman, Turner, Nel; R Gray, Gilchrist; Ritchie (capt), Crosbie, M Fagerson.
Replacements: Brown, Bhatti, Berghan, J Gray, Dempsey, Horne, Kinghorn, Harris.
More to follow.
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