England unchanged for Scotland match

Martin Johnson has named an unchanged team to face Scotland at Twickenham on Saturday
  
  

Toby Flood
Toby Flood is part of an unchanged England line-up despite damaging his shoulder in the win over France. Photograph: David Davies/PA Photograph: David Davies/PA

The England manager Martin Johnson has named an unchanged team to play Scotland in Saturday's Calcutta Cup match at Twickenham despite injury concerns over fly-half Toby Flood and flanker Joe Worsley.

Flood damaged his shoulder just before half-time in England's 34-10 Six nations victory over France on Sunday and Worsley required six stitches to a nasty gash to his hand.

Johnson had placed Olly Barkley and Tom Rees on standby earlier in the week as the pair continued to receive treatment but today named the same starting squad that performed so well at Twickenham.

The last time England fielded the same 22 in consecutive Tests was against Australia and France in the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the 2007 World Cup.

England team to play Scotland at Twickenham on Saturday

D Armitage (London Irish); U Monye (Harlequins), M Tindall (Gloucester), R Flutey (Wasps), M Cueto (Sale Sharks); T Flood (Leicester), H Ellis (Leicester); A Sheridan (Sale Sharks), L Mears (Bath), P Vickery (Wasps), S Borthwick (Saracens, capt), S Shaw (Wasps), T Croft (Leicester), J Worsley (Wasps), N Easter (Harlequins).

Replacements: D Hartley (Northampton), J White (Leicester), J Haskell (Wasps), N Kennedy (London Irish), D Care (Harlequins), A Goode (Brive), M Tait (Sale Sharks)

 

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