Marcus Smith returns to England’s starting XV at full-back and Tommy Freeman moves to outside centre for their final match of this year’s Six Nations against Wales at the Principality Stadium. Smith is reinstated at 15 after missing out on a starting berth in England’s comfortable win over Italy and Freeman, who has made all 19 of his Test appearances on the wing, steps into midfield to replace the injured Ollie Lawrence for Saturday’s trip to Cardiff. In a reshuffle to the backline, Elliot Daly moves to the wing, while Tom Roebuck replaces Ollie Sleightholme on the other. Head coach Steve Borthwick makes two changes in the forwards as Ben Curry partners his twin Tom on the flank, with Ben Earl returning to number eight, while Luke Cowan-Dickie will start at hooker. England have opted for a six-two split of forwards and backs among their replacements and promising young back row Henry Pollock could make his Test debut from the bench. Veteran fly-half George Ford is also named among the replacements for the first time in this year’s tournament.
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