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Jones changes four for Calcutta Cup clash

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Jack Nowell returns to the England starting XV as one of four changes made by Eddie Jones for their Guinness Six Nations clash with Scotland on Super Saturday.

Jack Nowell returns to the England starting XV as one of four changes made by Eddie Jones for their Guinness Six Nations clash with Scotland on Super Saturday.

Nowell replaces Joe Cokanasiga – Guinness man of the match last time out against Italy – on the right wing while Henry Slade returns in midfield.

Up front, Mark Wilson gets the nod again over Brad Shields while Ben Moon starts ahead of Ellis Genge in the front row.

Cokanasiga – despite his heroics against the Azzurri – drops out of the squad altogether as Ben Te’o takes the No.23 jersey.

Ben Spencer is also in line for a Guinness Six Nations debut if called off the bench as England chase a revenge victory over the Auld Enemy.

Ben Youngs will pick up his 85th cap for his country on Saturday and will become England’s most capped scrum half of all time moving ahead of Danny Care (Harlequins).

Eddie Jones said: “It is the last week of the tournament so it’s exciting. It will be a fascinating finish to the Championship with three teams that can win it and we are playing against one of our most traditional foes in Scotland for the Calcutta Cup. We have had a good preparation and the side is going to be in a great state to play against Scotland on Saturday.

“Scotland is a difficult side, they are always at you, they play with a lot of enthusiasm and effort and have got a lot of attacking strings to their bow.

“Finn Russell is an exceptional player at 10 and they have got some pace on the outside so we are going to have to defend really well against them.”   On Ben Youngs’ record he added: “It is a fantastic achievement, it takes a lot of dedication and hard work and something he and his family will be really proud of. I am sure he will do the shirt great justice out there on Saturday.”   England starting XV to face Scotland (523 caps) 15 Elliot Daly (Wasps, 29 caps)  14 Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs, 32 caps) 13 Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs, 21 caps) 12 Manu Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers, 31 caps)  11 Jonny May (Leicester Tigers, 44 caps) 10 Owen Farrell (Saracens, 69 caps) (captain) 9 Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 84 caps)   1 Ben Moon (Exeter Chiefs, 7 caps) 2 Jamie George (Saracens, 36 caps) 3 Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins, 21 caps) 4 Joe Launchbury (Wasps, 57 caps) 5 George Kruis (Saracens, 31 caps) 6 Mark Wilson (Newcastle Falcons, 12 caps) 7 Tom Curry (Sale Sharks, 9 caps) 8 Billy Vunipola (Saracens, 40 caps)   Replacements (203 caps) 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs, 10 caps) 17 Ellis Genge (Leicester Tigers, 8 caps)   18 Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers, 84 caps) 19 Brad Shields (Wasps, 7 caps) 20 Nathan Hughes (Wasps, 21 caps) 21 Ben Spencer (Saracens, 2 caps) 22 George Ford (Leicester Tigers, 54 caps) 23 Ben Te’o (Worcester Warriors 17 caps)