Thursday 16 November 2017 17:22, UK
Eddie Jones believes England will benefit from the return of "great competitor" Owen Farrell for Saturday's Test against Australia at Twickenham – live on Sky Sports.
Farrell was rested for England's opening autumn Test against Argentina but returns at inside centre to face the in-form Wallabies, with Henry Slade dropping to the replacements' bench.
The Saracens player will also take over kicking duties from George Ford and be reinstated as vice-captain.
"He is a good communicator and a great competitor," Jones said of Farrell. "We will need to compete really hard against Australia and there is nobody better at that than Owen."
Jonny May returns from a hamstring strain on the right wing and Anthony Watson starts at full-back for the first time as Mike Brown has not recovered from concussion.
Jones rejected suggestions that England would be keen to atone for an arguably under-par performance in the 21-8 win against Argentina last weekend.
"It seems that since we had an ordinary game against Argentina the whole thing has exploded but we put some foundations down and we're looking forward to playing better this week," he added.
"We are anticipating a tough game against probably the form team in the world at the moment. The players have had an extremely positive week. They have trained well and worked hard."
Maro Itoje, like Farrell, was rested against the Pumas but has been given a place among the replacements while Joe Launchbury partners Courtney Lawes in the second row after George Kruis' performance against Argentina led to him being dropped.
Asked to explain why Itoje had only made the bench, Jones said: "We are looking after our players. If you look at the players lost to injury since the Lions tour - we have lost (Ben) Te'o and (Jack) Nowell.
"We want to make sure we look after our players. Just because Maro is starting on the bench doesn't mean that he can't play a lot of the game."
Watch England v Australia on Saturday. Coverage begins on Sky Sports Action at 2pm and Sky Sports Main Event at 2:55pm.
