England name same 23 for Scotland

Stuart Lancaster has tonight named an unchanged England squad to travel to Edinburgh for their RBS Six Nations match against Scotland on Saturday.
Gloucester winger Jonny May, who suffered a fractured nose in the opening minutes of the 26-24 defeat to France last weekend, has been passed fit take his place in the match day squad.
The starting XV and replacements will be named on Thursday morning.
Lancaster said: “We were disappointed by the result against France but very proud of many aspects of the performance and we want to give the same 23 the opportunity to build on that against Scotland.
“All the squad have been excellent in training over the last two days and I know those going back to play for their Aviva Premiership clubs will be determined to put a marker down for the subsequent matches.”
England
Forwards: David Attwood (), (), (Northampton), Joe Launchbury (), Courtney Lawes (Northampton), (), Ben Morgan (Gloucester), Chris Robshaw (Harlequins), Henry Thomas (Sale), Billy Vunipola (Saracens), Mako Vunipola (Saracens), Tom Wood (Northampton), Tom Youngs (Leicester).
Backs: Brad Barritt (Saracens), Mike Brown (Harlequins), Luther Burrell (Northampton), Danny Care (Harlequins), Lee Dickson (Northampton), Owen (Saracens), Alex Goode (Saracens), Jonny May (Gloucester), Jack Nowell (), Billy Twelvetrees (Gloucester).
Released: Chris Ashton (Saracens), (Gloucester), Kyle Eastmond (Bath), George Ford (Bath), Matt Kvesic (Gloucester), Tom Johnson (Exeter), Matt Mullan (London Wasps), Ed Slater (Leicester), Anthony Watson (Bath), Ben Youngs (Leicester).
 

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