Rugby World Cup: Owen Farrell returns at fly-half for England vs Chile, Marcus Smith starts at full-back, George Ford on bench

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Rugby World Cup: Owen Farrell returns at fly-half for England vs Chile, Marcus Smith starts at full-back, George Ford on bench
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Owen Farrell will return to the England starting line-up at fly-half, with Marcus Smith in at full-back and George Ford on the bench for Saturday's Rugby World Cup clash against Chile in Lille.

Farrell is back after serving a four-match suspension for his red card last month for a high tackle on Taine Basham in England's warm-up match against Wales at Twickenham, causing the flanker to fail an HIA.Smith has yet to start at this World Cup, with Ford the man to start and impress at No 10 so far, but the Harlequins man is in from the beginning at full-back for this Test.

Replacements: 16 Jack Walker, 17 Joe Marler, 18 Will Stuart, 19 Ollie Chessum, 20 Ben Earl, 21 Ben Youngs, 22 George Ford, 23 Joe Marchant.More to follow…This is a breaking news story that is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh this page for the latest updates.Sky Sports brings you live updates as they happen. Get breaking sports news, analysis, exclusive interviews, replays and highlights.

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