Marcus Smith retains place at full-back for England against Scotland - Steve Borthwick’s side looking to build on the victory over France

Steve Borthwick has given Ollie Chessum his first start in the Six Nations as England host Scotland at Twickenham on Saturday. It's the only change to the XV.

England boss Steve Borthwick has handed lock Ollie Chessum his first start for nearly a year for Saturday’s Calcutta Cup clash with Scotland. Borthwick has dropped Chessum’s Leicester club mate George Martin to the bench in the only change in the 23 from the one that beat France 26-25 on 8 Feb.

Scotland, whose head coach Gregor Townsend is due to announce their team on the more customary day of Thursday, have an amazing recent record against England, winning the last four meetings, and with five wins and a draw in the seven matches since 2018.

Steve Borthwick expects "world-class goal-kicker" Marcus Smith to be back on target when England face oldest rivals Scotland in Saturday's key Six Nations clash at Twickenham. "He's a world-class goal-kicker;

England head coach Steve Borthwick has made just one change to his starting XV for the Calcutta Cup clash against Scotland, but all eyes will once again be on the Smith-squared combination. Marcus and Fin Smith started at fullback and fly-half respectively in England’s 26-25 win over France in round two,