England have been forced into another midfield change ahead of Sunday’s Autumn Nations Series finale against Argentina, with Fraser Dingwall ruled out through injury.
Max Ojomoh will start for England on Sunday.
The Northampton centre had originally been picked to line up alongside Henry Slade, but Bath’s Max Ojomoh (25) will now make his first start for England after picking up his only previous cap on the summer tour against the United States.
Steve Borthwick’s squad has been hit hard by injuries throughout the autumn: Ollie Lawrence and Jamie George saw their campaigns ended last weekend against New Zealand, Tommy Freeman hasn’t featured since the Fiji win, and wing Tom Roebuck has also been ruled out this week.
Elliot Daly returns on the left wing after recovering from the arm fracture he suffered with the British & Irish Lions in the summer. Freddie Steward stays at full-back, with Immanuel Feyi-Waboso on the right.
In further changes, Ben Spencer gets the nod at scrum-half ahead of Alex Mitchell (benched), while up front Asher Opoku-Fordjour earns a first Test start at tighthead and Luke Cowan-Dickie comes in at hooker.
England team to face Argentina
15 Freddie Steward
14 Immanuel Feyi-Waboso
13 Henry Slade
12 Max Ojomoh
11 Elliot Daly
10 George Ford
9 Ben Spencer
1 Ellis Genge (vc)
2 Luke Cowan-Dickie
3 Asher Opoku-Fordjour
4 Maro Itoje (c)
5 Alex Coles
6 Guy Pepper
7 Sam Underhill
8 Ben Earl
Replacements
16 Theo Dan, 17 Fin Baxter, 18 Will Stuart, 19 Charlie Ewels, 20 Tom Curry, 21 Henry Pollock, 22 Alex Mitchell, 23 Marcus Smith
