England’s alarming defeat against Scotland a major setback for Borthwick

Gregor Townsend has made four changes, with George Turner, Nathan McBeth, Gregor Brown and Jamie Ritchie coming into the starting XV. McBeth makes his first Six Nations start. Blair Kinghorn and Duhan van der Merwe are still omitted from the squad.

Scotland starting XV: 15 Tom Jordan, 14 Kyle Steyn, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Sione Tuipulotu (captain), 11 Jamie Dobie, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ben White, 1 Nathan McBeth, 2 George Turner, 3 Zander Fagerson, 4 Gregor Brown, 5 Scott Cummings, 6 Jamie Ritchie, 7 Rory Darge, 8 Jack Dempsey.

Replacements: 16 Dave Cherry, 17 Pierre Schoeman, 18 Elliot Millar Mills, 19 Williamson, 20 Matt Fagerson, 21 George Horne, 22 Adam Hastings, 23 Darcy Graham.

Steve Borthwick has made two changes to his starting side from last week. Luke Cowan-Dickie and Maro Itoje come in for Jamie George and Alex Coles. Fin Smith replaces Marcus Smith in the 23 shirt.

England starting XV: 15 Freddie Steward; 14 Tom Roebuck, 13 1Tommy Freeman, 2 Fraser Dingwall, 11 Henry Arundell; 10 George Ford 9 Alex Mitchell; 1 Ellis Genge, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 3 Joe Heyes, 4 Maro Itoje (captain), 5 Ollie Chessum, 6 Guy Pepper, 7 Sam Underhill, 8 Ben Earl.

Replacements: 16 Jamie George, 17 Bevan Rodd, 18 Trevor Davison, 19 Alex Coles, 20 Tom Curry, 21 Henry Pollock, 22 Ben Spencer, 23 Fin Smith.