The Wasps captain James Haskell is set to play on the blind-side flank for England in Friday’s Six Nations opener against Wales at the Millenium Stadium.
Tight-head prop Dan Cole will make his first England appearance in almost a year. Luther Burrell and Jonathan Joseph form a new-look centre partnership. Only nine members of the England team which beat Australia in the autumn are in the starting XV.
James is the only England player to start in the last 4 Six Nations matches in Cardiff.