George Ford and Owen Farrell will line up together as starting fly-half and inside centre when England take on Samoa on Saturday.
George Ford and Owen Farrell will start together as fly-half and inside centre for the first time since March 2021 when England take on Samoa on Saturday.
Their partnership, a key part of the run to the 2019 Rugby World Cup final, has been disrupted by injury and Marcus Smith's emergence as a Test player. Manu Tuilagi is outside Farrell at 13, while Ben Earl retains his place at number eight ahead of Billy Vunipola.Tom Curry returns from suspension to start at flanker but Henry Arundell, who scored five tries in England's most recent victory over Chile, is not included in Steve Borthwick's matchday squad of 23.Farrell at 12 and a centre on the wing over an actual winger who scored a world cup record equalling number of tries - sounds like a tribute to Eddie Jones...
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