Henry Pollock, Max Ojomoh and Will Joseph will all start for England in Saturday’s Nations Championship Test vs Japan as part of 10 changes.
Fresh from his two-try impact off the bench – out of position on the wing – Pollock is named to start at No 8 by head coach Steve Borthwick.
Ojomoh comes in to start at inside centre with Seb Atkinson out injured (hip), while Joseph replaces Tommy Freeman on the right wing.
Elsewhere, there are three new starters in the front row with loosehead Ellis Genge, hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie and tighthead Asher Opoku-Fordjour.
George Martin starts in the second row, while experienced fly-half George Ford is picked ahead of Marcus Smith.
Wing Cadan Murley and full-back Freddie Steward form a new back-three with Joseph, in the absence of injured duo Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (ankle) and George Furbank (groin).
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England: 15 Freddie Steward, 14 Will Joseph, 13 Henry Slade, 12 Max Ojomoh, 11 Cadan Murley, 10 George Ford, 9 Jack van Poortvliet; 1 Ellis Genge, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 3 Asher Opoku-Fordjour, 4 Maro Itoje, 5 George Martin, 6 Alex Coles, 7 Ben Earl, 8 Henry Pollock.
Replacements: 16 Theo Dan, 17 Emmanuel Iyogun, 18 Joe Heyes, 19 Arthur Clark, 20 Ben Curry, 21 Greg Fisilau, 22 Archie McParland, 23 Marcus Smith.
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