Team Selection Notes England Round 1
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Team Selection Notes England Round 1
Eddie Jones’s first England selection contains three uncapped players on the bench, Paul Hill, Jack Clifford and Ollie Devoto, with one other new to the RBS 6 Nations – Jamie George
Chris Robshaw wears the number 6 shirt for the first time since his test debut in Argentina in 2009 – the only other occasion that he had not skippered his country.
Dylan Hartley is the most capped player in the squad and leads England for only the second time after he did so in a 14-all draw against South Africa in Port Elizabeth in June 2012.
Chris Robshaw wears the number 6 shirt for the first time since his test debut in Argentina in 2009 – the only other occasion that he had not skippered his country.
The XV has 512 test caps between them; the bench has a further 143 caps. The average age of the walk-on team is 26.3 years; the average on the bench is 24.8
