England change halfbacks for Italy

England coach Eddie Jones has made four changes to his starting lineup for Sunday's Six Nations Test against Italy at Twickenham.

In the backline, Jonny May replaces Jack Nowell on the right wing, Ben Te'o starts at outside centre and Danny Care is preferred at scrumhalf ahead of Ben Youngs.

The only other change comes in the pack, where flank James Haskell returns with Jack Clifford dropping to the bench.

England are on a 16-match winning streak and if they win their next two Tests (against Italy and Scotland) they will equal the All Blacks' world record of 18 successive wins. Should England achieve that feat, they will face Ireland in Dublin on 18 March as they go in search of an unprecedented 19 consecutive Test wins.

England – 15 Mike Brown, 14 Jonny May, 13 Ben Te'o 12 Owen Farrell, 11 Elliot Daly, 10 George Ford, 9 Danny Care, 8 Nathan Hughes, 7 James Haskell, 6 Maro Itoje, 5 Courtney Lawes, 4 Joe Launchbury, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Dylan Hartley (c), 1 Joe Marler.
Subs: 16 Jamie George, 17 Mako Vunipola, 18 Kyle Sinckler, 19 Tom Wood, 20 Jack Clifford, 21 Ben Youngs, 22 Henry Slade, 23 Jack Nowell.

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