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Worsley comes in to boost England pack

England coach Martin Johnson has made one change from the team that lost 20-16 to Ireland for the Calcutta Cup clash against Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday.

Joe Worsley replaces Lewis Moody at flanker, while Delon Armitage has kept his place at full-back.

England are four-point favourites for Saturday's clash against Andy robinson's side, who have drafted in Nick De Luca at centre following their defeat in Italy.

Max Evans has moved to the wing as a replacement for Simon Danielli, while scrum-half Chris Cusiter has shaken off a virus.

Ireland are unchanged from their Twickenham success as they entertain Wales in Dublin.

Gareth Delve comes in at No.8 for the Welsh while lock Luke Charteris replaces Deiniol Jones.

Matthew Rees returns at hooker in place of Huw Bennett.

Scotland: H Southwell; S Lamont, N De Luca, G Morrison, M Evans; D Parks, C Cusiter; A Jacobsen, R Ford, E Murray; J Hamilton, A Kellock; K Brown, J Barclay, J Beattie.
Replacements: S Lawson, G Cross, N Hines, A MacDonald, R Lawson, P Godman, S Danielli.

England: D Armitage; M Cueto, M Tait, R Flutey, U Monye; J Wilkinson, D Care; T Payne, D Hartley, D Cole; L Deacon, S Borthwick; J Haskell, J Worsley, N Easter.
Replacements: S Thompson, D Wilson, C Lawes, L Moody, B Youngs, T Flood, B Foden.

Ireland: G Murphy; Bowe, B O'Driscoll, D'Arcy, Earls; Sexton, O'Leary; Healy, R Best, Hayes, O'Callaghan, O'Connell, Ferris, D Wallace, Heaslip.

Replacements: Kearney, O'Gara, Buckley, Cullen, Jennings, Cronin, Reddan.

Wales: L Byrne; L Halfpenny; J Hook, J Roberts; S Williams; S Jones, R Rees; P James, M Rees, A Jones, B Davies, L Charteris, J Thomas, M Williams, G Delve.
Replacements: H Bennett, R Gill, I Gough, S Warburton, D Peel, A Bishop, T Shanklin.

 

 

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