Owen Farrell moves to fly-half with Ford on the benchSmith replaces Freddie Steward who drops out of squad
Marcus Smith has been named to start at full-back for England’s World Cup quarter-final against Fiji while Steve Borthwick has also dropped George Ford from the XV and installed Owen Farrell at fly-half for Sunday’s game in Marseille.
Smith has just one start in the No 15 jersey to his name for club or country – against Chile in the pool stages – but Borthwick has rolled the dice against Fiji and as a result Freddie Steward, who has started 29 of the last 30 matches, drops out of the squad entirely.
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