And Sale’s Asher Opoko-Fordjour, who has just one cap but is with the squad as travelling reserve, would be put on the bench. England scrum coach Tom Harrison said: “He's still here. His wife is due but we've got plans in place to cover that if he needs to shoot off. So, we're all ready for that.”

Marcus Smith back for England as Steve Borthwick targets Six Nations glory - England go into ‘Super Saturday’ a point behind leaders France.

England have made extensive changes to their team for Saturday's final Guinness Six Nations match against Wales including recalling Marcus Smith at full-back. A week after being dropped, Smith returns as one of four personnel changes with head coach Steve Borthwick making three further positional switches despite England’s seven-try rout of Italy.

Head coach Steve Borthwick has named his 23-man England squad to take on Wales in the final round of the Six Nations Championship.