England v France: Teams

England boss Martin Johnson has recalled Simon Shaw and Ugo Monye to his side to face France at Twickenham on Sunday.

With Paul Sackey failing to overcome a calf injury, Monye comes in on the wing, while Wasps veteran Shaw gets the nod to add some power to the pack.

Johnson has also handed Tom Croft the chance to impress in the back row, with James Haskell dropped to the bench.

While Nick Kennedy has done little wrong, the combination of the London Irish lock and England captain Steve Borthwick has been criticised as both players are too similar.

Monye gets the nod to replace Sackey ahead of Sale ace Mathew Tait, who had come off the bench against Ireland.

Johnson has also opted to retain Danny Care as part of the squad, despite the young No.9 being heavily criticised for his sin-binning against Ireland.

Care is named on the bench along with Tait, Kennedy, Haskell, Dylan Hartley, Andy Goode and Julian White.

French changes

France coach Marc Lievremont has made four changes to his line-up for the trip to Twickenham on Sunday.

Benoit Baby, Fulgence Ouedraogo and Fabien Barcella are all omitted from the starting XV, while Sebastien Chabal switches from the second row to openside flanker.

Montpellier's Francois Trinh-Duc comes into the fly-half shirt having replaced the injured Baby during the win over Wales, while Chabal's move opens the door for Jerome Thion to shine in the second row.

Despite making his name in the back row, fans' favourite Chabal has only ever started at lock under Lievremont.

The other change sees Sale's Lionel Faure replace Barcella in the front-row.

On the bench there are places for the recalled Florian Fritz, Damien Traille and Julian Bonnaire.

Louis Picamoles, who was initially dropped from the squad for the match, is also named among the replacements after being called in for the injured Romain Millo-Chluski.

England: 15 Delon Armitage, 14 Mark Cueto, 13 Mike Tindall, 12 Riki Flutey, 11 Ugo Monye, 10 Toby Flood, 9 Harry Ellis, 8 Nick Easter, 7 Joe Worsley, 6 Tom Croft, 5 Simon Shaw, 4 Steve Borthwick (captain), 3 Phil Vickery, 2 Lee Mears, 1 Andrew Sheridan.
Replacements: 16 Dylan Hartley, 17 Julian White, 18 James Haskell, 19 Nick Kennedy, 20 Danny Care, 21 Andy Goode, 22 Mathew Tait.

France: 15 Maxime Medard (Toulouse), 14 Julien Malzieu (Clermont-Auvergne), 13 Mathieu Bastareaud (Stade Francais), 12 Yannick Jauzion, 11 Cedric Heymans (both Toulouse), 10 Francois Trinh-Duc (Montpellier), 9 Morgan Parra (Bourgoin), 1 Lionel Faure (Sale), 2 Dimitri Szarzewski, 3 Sylvain Marconnet (both Stade Francais), 4 Lionel Nallet (Castres, capt), 5 Jerome Thion (Biarritz), 6 Thierry Dusautoir (Toulouse), 7 Sebastien Chabal (Sale), 8 Imanol Harinordoquy (Biarritz).
Replacements: 16 Benjamin Kayser (Leicester), 17 Thomas Domingo (Clermont-Auvergne), 18 Louis Picamoles (Montpellier), 19 Julien Bonnaire (Clermont-Auvergne), 20 Sebastien Tillous-Borde (Castres), 21 Florian Fritz (Toulouse), 22 Damien Traille (Biarritz).