Jamie George starts for England

Injury has ruled out captain Dylan Hartley so Jamie George will replace him at hooker when England face France at the Stade de France on Saturday.

Owen Farrell (Saracens) will captain the team with Mako Vunipola (Saracens) named as vice captain.

Ben Te’o (Worcester Warriors) will start at outside centre with Elliot Daly (Wasps) returning to the starting XV at left wing. Anthony Watson (Bath) moves from right wing to full-back with Jonny May (Leicester Tigers) switching wings.

There are six changes among the eight replacements including Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs), Mike Brown (Harlequins), James Haskell (Wasps), Jonathan Joseph (Bath), Sam Simmonds (Exeter Chiefs) and Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins) all chosen.

“This game is about the opportunity for the team to move forward and we want a response from the players this week,” England coach Eddie Jones told reporters.

“Against France we want to be brutal and aggressive on the gain line and to play with a great tactical discipline.”

England: 15 Anthony Watson, 14 Jonny May, 13 Ben Te’o, 12 Owen Farrell (c), 11 Elliot Daly, 10 George Ford, 9 Danny Care, 8 Nathan Hughes, 7 Chris Robshaw, 6 Courtney Lawes, 5 Maro Itoje, 4 Joe Launchbury, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Jamie George, 1 Mako Vunipola
Replacements: 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 17 Joe Marler, 18 Kyle Sinckler, 19 James Haskell, 20 Sam Simmonds, 21 Richard Wigglesworth, 22 Jonathan Joseph, 23 Mike Brown

Date: Saturday, March 10
Venue: Stade de France, Paris
Kick-off: 17:45 local (16:45 GMT)
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Angus Gardner (Australia), Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
Television match official: Ben Skeen (New Zealand)