El capitán de la Rosa será el jugador de London Irish, Mike Catt, el centro llevará la cinta en lugar del lesionado Phil Vickery.
Jonny Wilkinson no formará parte de los 22 jugadores, ya que no se ha recuperado de las lesiones sufridas las últimas semanas, se aguarda que llegue a la última fecha del Torneo.
En tanto Francia confirmó al medio scrum del Biarritz, Dimitri Yachvili, como titular en el equipo.
Inglaterra: 15 Josh Lewsey (London Wasps) 14 David Strettle (NEC Harlequins) 13 Mike Tindall (Gloucester Rugby 12 Mike Catt (capt, London Irish) 11 Jason Robinson (Sale Sharks) 10 Toby Flood (Newcastle Falcons) 9 Harry Ellis (Leicester Tigers) 1 Tim Payne (London Wasps) 2 George Chuter (Leicester Tigers) 3 Julian White (Leicester Tigers) 4 Martin Corry (Leicester Tigers) 5 Tom Palmer (London Wasps) 6 Joe Worsley (London Wasps) 7 Tom Rees (London Wasps) 8 Nick Easter (NEC Harlequins)
Suplentes: 16 Lee Mears (Bath Rugby) 17 Stuart Turner (Sale Sharks) 18 Louis Deacon (Leicester Tigers) 19 Magnus Lund (Sale Sharks) 20 Shaun Perry (Bristol Rugby) 21 Shane Geraghty (London Irish) 22 Mathew Tait (Newcastle Falcons)
Francia: 15 Clément Poitrenaud (Toulouse), 14 Vincent Clerc (Toulouse), 13 David Marty (Perpignan), 12 Yannick Jauzion (Toulouse), 11 Christophe Dominici (Stade Français), 10 David Skréla (Stade Français), 9 Dimitri Yachvili (Biarritz), 8 Sébastian Chabal (Sale), 7 Julien Bonnaire (Bourgoin), 6 Serge Betsen (Biarritz), 5 Jérôme Thion (Biarritz), 4 Lionel Nallet (Castres), 3 Pieter de Villiers (Stade Français), 2 Raphaël Ibañez (Wasps, captain), 1 Olivier Milloud (Bourgoin).
Suplentes: 16 Sébastian Bruno (Sale), 17 Nicolas Mas (Perpignan), 18 Pascal Papé (Castres), 19 Imañol Harinordoquy (Biarritz), 20 Pierre Mignoni (Clermont), 21 Lionel Beauxis (Stade Français), 22 Cédric Heymans (Toulouse).
Date: Sunday 11th March 2007
Time: 15.00 GMT
Venue: Twickenham
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
Touch judges: Alain Rolland (Ireland), Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Television match official: Nigel Whitehouse (Wales)
Assessor: Steve Hilditch (Ireland)
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