Underneath-pressure England have made a solitary change to their beginning line-up to face France within the last spherical of the Six Nations on Saturday with Ollie Chessum coming into the again row.
The versatile Chessum, 25, began the primary three video games of England’s marketing campaign within the second row, however will add weight, ball-carrying energy and a helpful line-out choice to the again row as blind-side flanker.
With Tom Curry out with a calf damage suffered within the warm-up of their loss to Italy, Man Pepper shifts to open-side.
Sam Underhill, who got here the beginning line-up as a last-minute substitute for Curry in Rome, drops to the bench.
Elsewhere the facet is unchanged, with Fin Smith persevering with at fly-half, Seb Atkinson and Tommy Freeman within the centres and Alex Coles partnering captain Maro Itoje within the second row.
Underhill and Marcus Smith might win their fiftieth England caps off the bench.
England had earmarked this match as a possible title decider earlier than the beginning of the Six Nations, however defeats by Scotland, Eire and Italy have left them fifth within the desk. One other loss would condemn them to the worst marketing campaign in 27 years of the Six Nations.
France, stage with Scotland on 16 factors on the high of the desk heading into the ultimate spherical, will probably be clear on what they should do to retain their Six Nations title come kick-off.
Scotland will play Eire, who’re two factors off the main two, within the first match of the day at 14:10 GMT.
England: Daly; Roebuck, Freeman, S Atkinson, Murley; F Smith, Spencer; Genge, George, Heyes, Itoje (capt), Coles, Chessum, Pepper, Earl
Replacements: Cowan-Dickie, Rodd, Davison, Cunningham-South, Underhill, Pollock, Van Poortvliet, M Smith
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