Worsley and Deacon to make Six Nations starts for England
Joe Worsley and Louis Deacon to make Six Nations starts for England
Tuesday, 09, Mar 2010 03:49
By Lewis Bazley.
Joe Worsley and Louis Deacon will start England's Six Nations clash with Scotland on Saturday, it has been announced.
The Wasps flanker comes into the starting XV in place of the injured Louis Moody while Deacon retains his place having replaced Simon Shaw in the early stages of England's home defeat to Ireland, after the Wasps lock left the field with a shoulder injury.
The England squad for the Calcutta Cup clash also sees a change on the replacements bench, with uncapped and highly-rated Leicester scrum-half Ben Youngs replacing London Irish's Paul Hodgson.
Northampton forward Courtney Lawes, a former England Under-20s team-mate of Youngs, is also included on the replacements bench while Brive's Steve Thompson replaces Bath's Lee Mears as the replacement hooker.
England continue their Six Nations campaign with a 17:00 GMT kick-off against Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday March 13th.
The England squad to face Scotland is:
15 Delon Armitage (London Irish)
14 Mark Cueto (Sale Sharks)
13 Mathew Tait (Sale Sharks)
12 Riki Flutey (CA Brive)
11 Ugo Monye (Harlequins)
10 Jonny Wilkinson (Toulon)
9 Danny Care (Harlequins)
1 Tim Payne (London Wasps)
2 Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints)
3 Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers)
4 Louis Deacon (Leicester Tigers)
5 Steve Borthwick (Saracens, Captain)
6 James Haskell (Stade Francais)
7 Joe Worsley (London Wasps)
8 Nick Easter (Harlequins)
Replacements
16 Steve Thompson (CA Brive)
17 David Wilson (Bath Rugby)
18 Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints)
19 Lewis Moody (Leicester Tigers)
20 Ben Youngs* (Leicester Tigers)
21 Toby Flood (Leicester Tigers)
22 Ben Foden (Northampton Saints)
* Uncapped player