Ben Youngs and Dan Cole will again be in England's starting line-up for the second match of the RBS 6 Nations, against Italy at Twickenham on Saturday.The Tigers duo, each with more than 40 caps, also started the opening win over Wales last Friday.
Club colleagues Tom Youngs and Tom Croft are among the England replacements, while squad member Graham Kitchener has returned to Leicester
Leicester Tigers hooker Leonardo Ghiraldini is named in the Italy front row and wins his 72nd Test cap.
England have named an unchanged England side for Saturday after beating Wales 21-16 at the Millennium Stadium.
Head coach Stuart Lancaster: “It’s always good to be able to name an unchanged team and to build some consistency. We did the same last year after France heading into the Scotland game.
“Italy are going to be fired up, they always are when they come to Twickenham.”
Kick-off is at 2.30pm with live coverage on BBC1.
England
15 Mike Brown (Harlequins, 34 caps)
14 Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby, 5 caps)
13 Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby, 7 caps)
12 Luther Burrell (Northampton Saints, 8 caps)
11 Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby, 12 caps)
10 George Ford (Bath Rugby, 7 caps)
9 Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 43 caps)
1 Joe Marler (Harlequins, 27 caps)
2 Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints, 62 caps)
3 Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers, 46 caps)
4 Dave Attwood (Bath Rugby, 17 caps)
5 George Kruis (Saracens, 5 caps)
6 James Haskell (Wasps, 54 caps)
7 Chris Robshaw (Harlequins, 33 caps)(c)
8 Billy Vunipola (Saracens, 13 caps)
Replacements
16 Tom Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 18 caps)
17 Mako Vunipola (Saracens, 16 caps)
18 Kieran Brookes (Newcastle Falcons, 7 caps)
19 Nick Easter (Harlequins, 48 caps)
20 Tom Croft (Leicester Tigers, 38 caps)
21 Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens, 17 caps)
22 Danny Cipriani (Sale Sharks, 9 caps)
23 Billy Twelvetrees (Gloucester Rugby, 17 caps)
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