Maro Itoje has been restored to the England captaincy for Saturday’s Calcutta Cup clash against Scotland while Luke Cowan-Dickie starts at hooker with Steve Borthwick otherwise keeping faith with the side who thrashed Wales last week. Tom Roebuck, who was a late call-up to replace the injured Immanuel Feyi-Waboso against Wales, continues on the right. With Fin Smith one of only two backs named on the bench, England appear light at cover in the three-quarters. Alex Mitchell is at scrum-half, George Ford at fly-half and Fraser Dingwall remains at inside-centre. On the bench, George, Bevan Rodd and Trevor Davison provide front-row cover with Coles, Tom Curry and Henry Pollock tasked with re-energising the forward pack in the second half.

Source: Irish Examiner February 10, 2026 16:17 UTC