RUGBY: Itoje back to lead England against Scotland

Lock Maro Itoje returns to captain England in their Six Nations match away to Scotland on Saturday, with hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie the only other change to the team that beat Wales 48-7 in their opening game.

Itoje started that match on the bench - and was yellow-carded almost immediately after coming on - having missed training following his mother's funeral.

Jamie George, who led England against Wales, drops to the bench, where flyhalf Fin Smith is included ahead of Marcus Smith in a 6-2 split.

England have lost three of their last four Calcutta Cup games at Murrayfield but, on a run of 12 wins in a row, they will start favourites against their oldest rivals, who lost to Italy in their opening Six Nations game.

England team to play Scotland at Murrayfield:

15–Freddie Steward, 14–Tom Roebuck, 13–Tommy Freeman, 12–Fraser Dingwall, 11–Henry Arundell, 10–George Ford, 9–Alex Mitchell, 8–Ben Earl, 7–Sam Underhill, 6–Guy Pepper, 5–Ollie Chessum, 4–Maro Itoje, 3–Joe Heyes, 2–Luke Cowan‑Dickie, 1–Ellis Genge

Replacements: 16–Jamie George, 17–Bevan Rodd, 18–Trevor Davison, 19–Alex Coles, 20–Tom Curry, 21–Henry Pollock, 22–Ben Spencer, 23–Fin Smith.

-Reporting by Mitch Phillips, editing by Ed Osmond/Reuters