Nowell named in England team

By Mark Stevens

Exeter Chiefs back Jack Nowell has retained his place in the England team for the Calcutta Cup match with Scotland at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday (5pm, live on BBC One).

The Cornishman was recalled to Stuart Lancaster's side for England's away game with Ireland last time out, but was unable to prevent England from slipping to a 19-9 loss at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.

Nowell will line-up for his seventh international cap in an England side that shows two changes in personnel with Mike Brown (Harlequins) and Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints) both return in place of Saracens pair Alex Goode and George Kruis.

Leicester Tigers second row Geoff Parling - who next season will be joining the Chiefs - and Northampton Saints back row Tom Wood also come back into the match day squad, while Kieran Brookes (Newcastle Falcons) makes a return from a hip injury.

England Head Coach Stuart Lancaster said: “There’s always a lot of competition for places and having experienced players like Courtney, Tom and Geoff available after playing well for their clubs in the last few weeks adds to our options.

“It’s been an intense two weeks of training as everyone wants to be on that field on Saturday and we have had to make some tough selection calls.

“Coming back to Twickenham will be huge for us and we are determined to put in a performance against a strong and motivated Scotland team.”

England Team to face Scotland in the RBS Six Nations

15. Mike Brown (Harlequins, 35 caps)
14. Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby, 7 caps)
13. Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby, 9 caps)
12. Luther Burrell (Northampton Saints, 10 caps)
11. Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs, 6 caps)
10. George Ford (Bath Rugby, 9 caps)
9. Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 45 caps)
1. Joe Marler (Harlequins, 29 caps)
2. Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints, 64 caps)
3. Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers, 48 caps)
4. Dave Attwood (Bath Rugby, 19 caps)
5. Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints, 36 caps)
6. James Haskell (Wasps, 56 caps)
7. Chris Robshaw (captain, Harlequins, 35 caps)
8. Billy Vunipola (Saracens, 15 caps)

Replacements

16. Tom Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 20 caps)
17. Mako Vunipola (Saracens, 18 caps)
18. Kieran Brookes (Newcastle Falcons, 8 caps)
19. Geoff Parling (Leicester Tigers, 21 caps)
20. Tom Wood (Northampton Saints, 34 caps)
21. Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens, 19 caps)
22. Danny Cipriani (Sale Sharks, 10 caps)
23. Billy Twelvetrees (Gloucester Rugby, 19 caps)