Steve Borthwick has named his England XV to play a France XV at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham on Saturday with Immanuel Feyi-Waboso making his return to action as the starting left wing.<\/b><\/p>\n
The Exeter Chiefs speedster hasn\u2019t played since a pre-Christmas injury to his shoulder away to Sale Sharks in the Gallagher Premiership.<\/p>\n
Veteran duo appointed as co-captains<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Borthwick has appointed the veteran duo of George Ford<\/a> (fly-half) and Jamie George<\/a> (hooker) as co-captains.<\/p>\n Feyi-Waboso<\/a> is joined in the back three by Tom Roebuck, who will line up on the right wing, and Joe Carpenter, who gets the nod as the starting full-back.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Ford forms a half-back combination with experienced scrum-half Ben Spencer while the backline is completed by the midfield partnership of Henry Slade and Seb Atkinson.<\/p>\n Up front, Fin Baxter starts at loosehead prop alongside George, who slots in at hooker, while Joe Heyes completes the front-row as the starting tighthead.<\/p>\n Elsewhere, Alex Coles packs down alongside Nick Isiekwe in the second-row.<\/p>\n The back-row sees Bath stalwart Ted Hill starting on the blindside flank, his club teammate and last weekend\u2019s Premiership Final player of the match Guy Pepper is on the openside, while Tom Willis gets the nod at number eight to complete the pack.<\/p>\n Steve Borthwick copies France and Springboks\u2019 tactic as growing coaching trend continues<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Theo Dan, Bevan Rodd, Trevor Davison, Chandler Cunningham-South, Jack Kenningham, Alex Dombrandt have been named as the forward replacements in a 6\/2 split on the bench with Raffi Quirke and Oscar Beard the backline cover.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re excited to be playing at Allianz Stadium and to test ourselves against a strong French side,\u201d said Borthwick<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m really looking forward to seeing this young team get out there and show what they\u2019re capable of.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a great opportunity to take another step forward ahead of the summer Tour to Argentina and the US.\u201d<\/p>\n