England team to face Wales in Six Nations

Eddie Jones takes an England training session

England have swapped Jonathan Joseph for Ben Te'o in one of two changes for Saturday's Six Nations clash with Wales.

Joseph starts at outside centre after making an impact off the bench in the 46-15 victory over Italy, with Te'o demoted to a replacement role for the round two match at Twickenham.

The second change sees Danny Care become England's most capped scrum-half, edging past the milestone of 77 held by Matt Dawson, after he was chosen to replace knee-injury victim Ben Youngs in the number nine jersey.

Richard Wigglesworth has been drafted straight on to the bench, having been called-up as Youngs' replacement after Eddie Jones' first choice in the position ruptured his MCL at the Stadio Olimpico.

"Danny Care very much deserves the honour of being the most capped England scrum-half and I am sure he'll make the most of his opportunity on Saturday," Jones said.

"We want to make sure our set piece is dominant, our defence is ferocious and that we are at our best against Wales."

The selection of Joseph over Te'o was predicted by Wales coach Warren Gatland earlier this week and sees England restored to their strongest available starting XV.

Te'o impressed with his powerful carrying against Italy but faded in his first appearance since recovering from ankle surgery in mid-June and Jones has opted for the greater experience and slick footwork of Joseph in his place.

Apart from the presence of Te'o and Wigglesworth, the bench remains unchanged.

England team to play Wales

FORWARDS: 1 Mako Vunipola (Saracens), 2 Dylan Hartley (CAPTAIN, Northampton Saints), 3 Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers), 4 Joe Launchbury (Wasps), 5 Maro Itoje (Saracens), 6 Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints), 7 Chris Robshaw (Harlequins), 8 Sam Simmonds (Exeter Chiefs)

BACKS: 9 Danny Care (Harlequins), 10 George Ford (Leicester Tigers), 11 Jonny May (Leicester Tigers), 12 Owen Farrell (Saracens), 13 Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby), 14 Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby), 15 Mike Brown (Harlequins)

REPLACEMENTS: 16 Jamie George (Saracens), 17 Alec Hepburn (Exeter Chiefs), 18 Harry Williams (Exeter Chiefs), 19 George Kruis (Saracens), 20 Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby), 21 Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens), 22 Ben Te'o (Worcester Warriors), 23 Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs)

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