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Exeter Chiefs quartet Jack Nowell, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Henry Slade and Sam Simmonds are all in the England squad to face Scotland in the Six Nations this Saturday at BT Murrayfield

By Mark Stevens
3/2/22

Eddie Jones has named four Exeter Chiefs players in his England side for their opening Guinness Six Nations match against Scotland this Saturday (4:45pm).

Luke Cowan-Dickie, Sam Simmonds and Henry Slade will all start the Calcutta Cup clash at BT Murrayfield, while Jack Nowell is named amongst the replacements.

Tom Curry will captain England with Cowan-Dickie, Slade and Ellis Gengeall named as vice captains.

Jones said: “As the first game, this match is hugely important to both sides and we will both want to get off to a winning start. We have a good, young team but we understand the task ahead and we’ll be ready to go after it from the first kick.

“Tom Curry will captain the side for this game and has the respect of the team around him, in Owen and Courtney’s absence. He also has the support of the vice captains and other leaders in the team such as Maro Itoje and Ben Youngs.

“We have prepared really well for this game. We’ve had a number of obstacles thrown at us, but we’ve overcome them as a more together group and we’re looking forward to getting started.”

Scotland versus England is live on BBC 1 and BBC Radio 5 Live.

ENGLAND SIDE TO FACE SCOTLAND

15. Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers, 5 caps)
14. Max Malins (Saracens, 10 caps)
13. Elliot Daly (Saracens, 52 caps)
12. Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs, 43 caps)
11. Joe Marchant (Harlequins, 7 caps)
10. Marcus Smith (Harlequins, 5 caps)
9. Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 112 caps)
1. Ellis Genge (Leicester Tigers, 31 caps)
2. Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs, 31 caps)
3. Kyle Sinckler (Bristol Bears, 47 caps)
4. Maro Itoje (Saracens, 51 caps)
5. Nick Isiekwe (Saracens, 3 caps)
6. Lewis Ludlam (Northampton Saints, 10 caps)
7. Tom Curry (Sale Sharks, 36 caps, capt)
8. Sam Simmonds (Exeter Chiefs, 9 caps)

16. Jamie George (Saracens, 61 caps)
17. Joe Marler (Harlequins, 74 caps)
18. Will Stuart (Bath Rugby, 15 caps)
19. Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby, 26 caps)
20. Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins, 4 caps)
21. Harry Randall (Bristol Bears, 2 caps)
22. George Ford (Leicester Tigers, 77 caps)
23. Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs, 34 caps)

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