Johnson names unchanged side
Fly-half Toby Flood passed fit for England to name unchanged side
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Wednesday, 18, Mar 2009 10:42
England team manager Martin Johnson has named an unchanged lineup for his side's final Six Nations match against Scotland on Saturday.
Johnson's two main injury concerns following last weekend's impressive performance against France, flanker Joe Worsley and fly-half Toby Flood, have both been cleared to play and will start.
England will be looking to follow up their 34-10 mauling of the French against Scotland at Twickenham, who are going in search of a third win in four matches against the 'Auld Enemy'.
However, the Scots have not won in west London for 26 years and are coming off the back of three defeats from their opening four games of the tournament.
And England captain Steve Borthwick says he is keen to exact revenge on Frank Hadden's for what he saw as 'ungracious' behaviour after their hard-fought 15-9 victory at Murrayfield last year.
"There are certain things I will not forget which happened after the game," he said.
"They made no disguise of rubbing in the fact they beat England.
"As a proud Englishman, it hurt. This is an old rivalry and I'm desperate we get a win this weekend."
Full England team to face Scotland on Saturday:
15 Delon Armitage (London Irish)
14 Mark Cueto (Sale Sharks)
13 Mike Tindall (Gloucester)
12 Riki Flutey (Wasps)
11 Ugo Monye (Harlequins)
10 Toby Flood (Leicester Tigers)
9 Harry Ellis (Leicester Tigers)
1 Andrew Sheridan (Sale Sharks)
2 Lee Mears (Bath)
3 Phil Vickery (Wasps)
4 Steve Borthwick (Saracens, captain)
5 Simon Shaw (Wasps)
6 Tom Croft (Leicester Tigers)
7 Joe Worsley (Wasps)
8 Nick Easter (Harlequins)
Replacements
16 Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints)
17 Julian White (Leicester Tigers)
18 Nick Kennedy (London Irish)
19 James Haskell (Wasps)
20 Danny Care (Harlequins)
21 Andy Goode (Brive)
22 Mathew Tait (Sale Sharks)