Freddie Steward and Jack van Poortvliet will return for England in opposition to South Africa on Saturday after Steve Borthwick made 4 modifications to his beginning XV to face the world champions.
Head coach Borthwick had gone with similar line-up for England’s slender defeats to New Zealand and Australia over the earlier two weekends, however has made vital alterations as he seeks to finish a four-match winless streak.
Steward is available in at full-back instead of George Furbank, whereas Van Poortvliet replaces Ben Spencer at scrum-half in two modifications that look like tactical. Neither of the Leicester duo had been included within the matchday 23 for both of the earlier two fixtures.
Winger Immanuel Feyi-Waboso and ahead Tom Curry each miss out after struggling head accidents in opposition to Australia. Ollie Sleightholme is promoted from the bench to a beginning function on the wing, whereas Sam Underhill comes into the again row.
England group to face South Africa: 15 Freddie Steward, 14 Tommy Freeman, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 12 Henry Slade, 11 Ollie Sleightholme, 10 Marcus Smith, 9 Jack van Poortvliet; 1 Ellis Genge, 2 Jamie George – captain, 3 Will Stuart, 4 Maro Itoje, 5 George Martin, 6 Chandler Cunningham-South, 7 Sam Underhill, 8 Ben Earl.
Replacements: Luke Cowan-Dickie, Fin Baxter, Dan Cole, Nick Isiekwe, Alex Dombrandt, Harry Randall, George Ford, Tom Roebuck.
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