Marcus Smith has been introduced in to begin at full-back as certainly one of seven adjustments for England of their Autumn Nations Collection conflict vs Fiji on Saturday.
Smith replaces the injured Freddie Steward, whereas additional adjustments within the backs see Tommy Freeman shift from centre to wing instead of Tom Roebuck because of the latter’s ankle damage, Ollie Lawrence begin at outside-centre and Fin Smith replaces George Ford at fly-half.
Within the forwards, loosehead Ellis Genge, hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie, lock Alex Coles and back-row Chandler Cunningham-South are available in to begin.
Ben Earl shifts from No 8 to openside flanker instead of Sam Underhill, with captain Maro Itoje dropping right down to the bench in a Check for England for the primary time since November 2017.
With Itoje named among the many replacements, he’ll co-captain the facet with Genge at Twickenham. They’re supported by vice-captains Jamie George, Fraser Dingwall and Ollie Chessum.
The gamers to maintain their locations from the beginning, alongside Freeman and Earl, are centre Fraser Dingwall, wing Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, scrum-half Alex Mitchell, tighthead Joe Heyes, lock Ollie Chessum and blindside flanker Man Pepper.
“It was a pleasing start to the series against Australia last weekend, and we know we’ll need to take another step forward against Fiji,” mentioned Borthwick.
“The focus for us this week is on improving on last weekend’s performance and continuing to develop our game.
“Fiji are a harmful workforce with energy and high quality proper throughout the pitch. They play with physicality and talent, so we’ll must carry depth, accuracy and self-discipline in the whole lot that we do.
“Playing in front of our supporters again at Allianz Stadium means a huge amount to the players, and the team are determined to deliver a performance they can be proud of.”
England squad to face Fiji
Beginning XV: 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, 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.
England’s Autumn Nations Collection schedule
November 1
England 25-7 Australia – Allianz Stadium, Twickenham
November 8
England vs Fiji – Allianz Stadium, Twickenham (5.40pm)
November 15
England vs New Zealand – Allianz Stadium, Twickenham (3.10pm)
November 23
England vs Argentina – Allianz Stadium, Twickenham (4.10pm)
