England hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie was unavailable for the Calcutta Cup clash with Scotland tomorrow with Bath forward Tom Dunn set to win his first cap.
But why is the Exeter Chiefs missing again? This is the second time he’s been absent following his withdrawal from England’s training camp just over a week ago.
It turns out, his ‘personal reasons’ for leaving are happy ones as he expects the birth of his first child with glamorous wife Chloe.
We hope all is well and wait for the announcement from the couple via their social media accounts.
TEAM NEWS
Eddie Jones has decided to drop scrum-half Ben Youngs as one of five changes made to the starting XV
Saracens pair Mako Vunipola and George Kruis have returned to the front-five, with Lewis Ludlam taking over the No 6 jersey from Courtney Lawes.
The fifth change to the line-up is injury enforced, with Jonathan Joseph replacing Manu Tuilagi in the centres.
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PREVIOUS ENCOUNTERS
2009: Twickenham, England 26 – 12 Scotland 2009 Six Nations Championship
2010: Murrayfield, Scotland 15 – 15 England 2010 Six Nations Championship
2011: Twickenham, England 22 – 16 Scotland 2011 Six Nations Championship
2011: Eden Park, England 16 – 12 Scotland 2011 Rugby World Cup Pool Stage
2012: Murrayfield, Scotland 6 – 13 England 2012 Six Nations Championship
2013: Twickenham, England 38 – 18 Scotland 2013 Six Nations Championship
2014: Murrayfield, Scotland 0 – 20 England 2014 Six Nations Championship
2015: Twickenham, England 25 – 13 Scotland 2015 Six Nations Championship
2016: Murrayfield, Scotland 9 – 15 England 2016 Six Nations Championship
2017: Twickenham, England 61 – 21 Scotland 2017 Six Nations Championship
2018: Murrayfield, Scotland 25 – 13 England 2018 Six Nations Championship
2019: Twickenham, England 38 – 38 Scorland 2019 Six Nations Championship
TEAMS
Scotland XV: Hogg (capt); Maitland, Jones, Johnson, Kinghorn; Hastings, Price; Sutherland, Brown, Fagerson, Cummings, Gray, Ritchie, Watson, Bradbury.
Replacements:McInally, Dell, Berghan, Toolis, Haining, Horne, Hutchinson, Harris.
England
15 George Furbank, 14 Jonny May, 13 Jonathan Joseph, 12 Owen Farrell, 11 Elliot Daly, 10 George Ford, 9 Willi Heinz; 1 Mako Vunipola, 2 Jamie George, 3 Kyle Sinckler, 4 Maro Itoje, 5 George Kruis, 6 Lewis Ludlam, 7 Sam Underhill, 8 Tom Curry.
Finishers: 16 Tom Dunn, 17 Ellis Genge, 18 Will Stuart, 19 Joe Launchbury, 20 Courtney Lawes, 21 Ben Earl, 22 Ben Youngs, 23 Ollie Devoto.