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Worsley and Deacon start for England with newcomer Youngs on the bench

09 March 2010

  • Squad features four changes to the 22 that faced Ireland
  • Lawes and uncapped Youngs take places on the bench

Joe Worsley will make his first start of the 2010 RBS 6 Nations campaign against Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday (KO 5pm).

The London Wasps flanker, a second half replacement against Ireland last month, will win his 76th cap in the Calcutta Cup game. His last start for England was an ill-fated appearance against New Zealand, when he left the field with a knee injury after three minutes.

England Team Manager Martin Johnson makes a total of two changes to his starting line-up with Worsley replacing Lewis Moody (Leicester Tigers) at open side flanker. Louis Deacon (Leicester Tigers) continues in the second row after replacing injured lock Simon Shaw (London Wasps) in the early stages of the game against Ireland.

There is a new face on the replacements bench in uncapped Leicester Tigers scrum half Ben Youngs.

The 20 year old, who played for England in last summer’s IRB Junior World Championship final, takes over from Paul Hodgson (London Irish).

Also added to the bench is Youngs’s former England U20 teammate Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints), who won his first cap as a replacement against Australia last November.

England Team to face Scotland
Player Club
15 Delon Armitage London Irish
14 Mark Cueto Sale Sharks
13 Mathew Tait Sale Sharks
12 Riki Flutey Brive
11 Ugo Monye Harlequins
10 Jonny Wilkinson Toulon
9 Danny Care Harlequins
1 Tim Payne London Wasps
2 Dylan Hartley Northampton
3 Dan Cole Leicester Tigers
4 Louis Deacon Leicester Tigers 
5 Steve Borthwick (C) Saracens
6 James Haskell Stade Francais
7 Joe Worsley London Wasps
8 Nick Easter Harlequins
Replacements
Player Club
16 Steve Thompson CA Brive
17 David Wilson Bath Rugby
18 Courtney Lawes Northampton 
19 Lewis Moody Leicester Tigers 
20 Ben Youngs Leicester Tigers 
21 Toby Flood Leicester Tigers
22 Ben Foden Northampton