England recall Brown and Lawes for Scotland

Mike Brown and Courtney Lawes will make their return in Saturday’s Calcutta Cup against at .
Full-back Brown has recovered from concussion he suffered against in the opening round of the tournament while lock Lawes is yet to feature having to overcome an ankle injury.
As a result of their inclusion, Saracens pair Alex Goode and George Kruis drop out of the match day squad.
On the bench, Geoff Parling and Tom Wood are named in the place of Nick Easter and Tom Croft while Kieran Brookes is fit again and he takes over from Henry Thomas as tightwad cover.
“There’s always a lot of competition for places and having experienced players like Courtney, Tom and Geoff available after playing well for their clubs in the last few weeks adds to our options,” head coach Stuart Lancaster said.
“It’s been an intense two weeks of training as everyone wants to be on that field on Saturday and we have had to make some tough selection calls.
“Coming back to Twickenham will be huge for us and we are determined to put in a performance against a strong and motivated Scotland team.”
England: Mike Brown; Anthony Watson, Jonathan Joseph, Luther Burrell, Jack Nowell; , Ben Youngs; Joe Marler, , ; Dave Attwood, Courtney Lawes; , Chris Robshaw (Capt.), Billy Vunipola.
Replacements: Tom Youngs, , Kieran Brookes, Geoff Parling, Tom Wood, Richard Wigglesworth, , Billy Twelvetrees.

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