England suffer second-row blow
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Steve Borthwick has been forced into a late change to the England lineup for Saturday's Six Nations Test against Scotland at Twickenham.
Leicester lock George Martin, due to be on the bench for the Calcutta Cup clash, has been replaced by Bath's Ted Hill.
Martin started England's second-round win over France but has been managing a long-standing knee problem.
Ollie Chessum took Martin's place in the second row alongside captain Maro Itoje when head coach Borthwick named his team on Tuesday.
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England attack coach Richard Wigglesworth, speaking to reporters on Thursday, said: “Unfortunately, George Martin had a bit of a setback this morning, so he's been withdrawn from the 23 and Ted Hill comes on to the bench in his place.
“He had a couple of bangs post the France game that he and we thought were going to be all right. But to go and play a Test match, you have to be close to a hundred percent.
“He's not quite right this morning so we made that decision pre-training. Ted Hill trained fully in that position.”
REVISED ENGLAND – 15 Marcus Smith, 14 Tommy Freeman, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 12 Henry Slade, 11 Ollie Sleightholme, 10 Fin Smith, 9 Alex Mitchell, 8 Tom Willis, 7 Ben Earl, 6 Tom Curry, 5 Ollie Chessum, 4 Maro Itoje (c), 3 Will Stuart, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 1 Ellis Genge.
Bench: 16 Jamie George, 17 Fin Baxter, 18 Joe Heyes, 19 Ted Hill, 20 Chandler Cunningham-South, 21 Ben Curry, 22 Harry Randall, 23 Elliot Daly.
Six Nations round 3 fixtures:
Saturday
Wales vs Ireland, Cardiff, 4:15pm
England vs Scotland, London, 6:45pm
Sunday
Italy vs France, Rome, 5pm
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