Ellis Genge will captain a much-changed England facet for Saturday’s conflict with Fiji at Twickenham as Steve Borthwick makes seven modifications to the beginning XV.
Genge captains the facet from the off, having began on the bench within the 25-7 win over Australia per week in the past and he’s joined within the beginning lineup by fellow replacements Fin Smith, Luke Cowan-Dickie and Alex Coles.
Marcus Smith comes into the facet at full-back, with Harlequins teammate Chandler Cunningham-South beginning at No. 8, whereas Ollie Lawrence returns to the facet at exterior centre, taking part in for England for the primary time since an Achilles rupture in opposition to Italy in March.
Common captain Maro Itoje is known as among the many substitutes, together with Fin Baxter from the beginning XV per week in the past, whereas Asher Opoku-Fordjour and Henry Arundell come onto the bench searching for their first minutes of the autumn.
Itoje and Genge are named as co-captains, with Steve Borthwick giving lots of his key names a relaxation forward of crunch Assessments in opposition to New Zealand and Argentina to observe.
It’s the first time since 2017 that Itoje has been named as a alternative for England.
Tommy Freeman strikes from exterior centre again to his most well-liked proper wing, whereas Ben Earl shifts from No. 8 to openside flanker.
Solely six gamers have stored the identical jersey as final week — Fraser Dingwall, Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, Alex Mitchell, Joe Heyes, Ollie Chessum and Man Pepper.
Talking on his choice, Borthwick stated: “It was a satisfying begin to the sequence in opposition to Australia final weekend, and we all know we’ll have to take one other step ahead in opposition to Fiji.”
“The main focus for us this week is on enhancing on final weekend’s efficiency and persevering with to develop our sport.
“Fiji are a harmful group with energy and high quality proper throughout the pitch. They play with physicality and ability, so we’ll have to carry depth, accuracy and self-discipline in the whole lot that we do.
“Enjoying in entrance of our supporters once more at Allianz Stadium means an enormous quantity to the gamers, and the group are decided to ship a efficiency they are often pleased with.”
England squad vs. Fiji
15. Marcus Smith, 14. Tommy Freeman, 13. Ollie Lawrence, 12. Fraser Dingwall, 11. Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, 10. Fin Smith, 9. Alex Mitchell; 1. Ellis Genge (captain), 2. Luke Cowan-Dickie, 3. Joe Heyes, 4. Alex Coles, 5. Ollie Chessum, 6. Man Pepper, 7. Ben Earl, 8. Chandler Cunningham-South.
Replacements: 16. Jamie George, 17. Fin Baxter, 18. Asher Opoku-Fordjour, 19. Maro Itoje, 20. Tom Curry, 21. Henry Pollock, 22. Ben Spencer, 23. Henry Arundell.
