Steve Borthwick has made one change to the England starting XV for the Six Nations clash against Scotland at Twickenham on Saturday.
Ollie Chessum will partner England captain Maro Itoje in the second row, as George Martin has been ruled out with a knee problem – Ted Hill provides lock cover from the bench in the Calcutta Cup showdown.
It will be Chessum’s first start for England since last year’s championship, having been ruled out of the subsequent tour of Japan and New Zealand and the November internationals by shoulder and knee injuries.
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But the 24-year-impressed off the bench in England’s opening defeat by champions Ireland and their stunning 26-25 win at home to France last time out.
The Scots are on a four-game winning streak against England, although they were well-beaten 32-18 by Ireland at Murrayfield in the round 2 of the competition. Head coach Gregor Townsend is due to name the Scotland match 23 on Thursday.
Six Nations round 3 fixtures:
Saturday
Wales vs Ireland, Cardiff, 4.15pm
England vs Scotland, London, 6.45pm
Sunday
Italy vs France, Rome, 5pm
England — 15 Marcus Smith, 14 Tommy Freeman, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 12 Henry Slade, 11, Ollie Sleightholme, 10 Fin Smith, 9 Alex Mitchell, 8 Tom Willis, 7 Ben Earl, 6 Tom Curry, 5 Ollie Chessum, 4 Maro Itoje (c), 3 Will Stuart, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 1 Ellis Genge
Bench: 16 Jamie George, 17 Fin Baxter, 18 Joe Heyes, 19 Ted Hill, 20 Chandler Cunningham-South, 21 Ben Curry, 22 Harry Randall, 23 Elliot Daly
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