England head coach Eddie Jones has named a strong starting line-up to face Argentina in their end-of-year Test at Twickenham on Saturday.
Seven players – Mike Brown (Harlequins), George Ford (Leicester Tigers), Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints), Nathan Hughes (Wasps), Chris Robshaw (Harlequins), Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs) and Sam Underhill (Bath) – who started in England’s last Test against Argentina in June retain their place this weekend.
Elliot Daly (Wasps) has recovered from a knee injury and will start on the left wing after Jonny May (Leicester Tigers) did not recover in time from his hamstring injury.
Daly, who was initially expected to miss All Englan’s Autumn Tests, is joined by Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers), Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints), Mako Vunipola (Saracens) and Anthony Watson (Bath) who all last played for England during the successful 2017 Six Nations campaign.
Jones said: “As a squad we have been preparing for this game since our first camp in August and are excited about playing in front of 82,000 fans at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday.”
“This is our best 23 selected in what is our most important game this year. We know that Argentina is a strong team – Rugby World Cup semi finalists in 2015 – and we will have to be smart and play well to beat them.”
Back-row Sam Simmonds is in line for his debut as a finisher, replacing Tom Curry who injured himself in training on Thursday.
England: 15 Mike Brown, 14 Anthony Watson, 13 Jonathan Joseph, 12 Henry Slade, 11 Elliot Daly, 10 George Ford, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Nathan Hughes, 7 Sam Underhill, 6 Chris Robshaw, 5 George Kruis, 4 Courtney Lawes, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Dylan Hartley (c), 1 Mako Vunipola
Replacements: 16 Jamie George, 17 Ellis Genge, 18 Harry Williams, 19 Joe Launchbury, 20 Sam Simmonds, 21 Danny Care, 22 Alex Lozowski, 23 Semesa Rokoduguni
Date: Saturday, November 11
Venue: Twickenham
Kick-off: 15:00 GMT
Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Nigel Owens (Wales), Dan Jones (Wales)
TMO: Olly Hodges (Ireland)
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