England v Scotland - Teams
Martin Johnson has selected an unchanged England team to face Scotland on Saturday for whom skipper Mike Blair has been passed fit.
Last Updated: 21/03/09 8:17am
England manager Martin Johnson has selected an unchanged team to face Scotland at Twickenham on Saturday.
Joe Worsley and Toby Flood are both included in the starting XV after passing fitness tests on injuries they picked up in the 34-10 win over France last Sunday.
Flanker Worsley needed stitches in a badly-cut thumb but has been cleared to play, while Flood starts at fly-half after overcoming a shoulder problem.
"We only played six days ago but everyone is fit to play," Johnson said.
"With a short week we thought we may be in trouble but the medics have done well to get them back."
The last time England fielded the same 22 in consecutive Tests was against Australia and France in the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the 2007 World Cup.
England have not lost on home soil to Scotland since 1983 but were beaten at Murrayfield in the Calcutta Cup fixture last season.
Blair fit for Scotland
Captain Mike Blair has been passed fit for Scotland's RBS Six Nations fixture against England at Twickenham on Saturday.
The Edinburgh scrum-half sustained a back injury during his country's 22-15 loss to Ireland last weekend but has recovered sufficiently to retain his place in the XV.
Head coach Frank Hadden has made just one change to his starting line-up, recalling Northampton flanker Scott Gray for his first Test start since his debut four-and-a-half years ago.
The 31-year-old replaces John Barclay, who has been dropped from the match-day 22 altogether.
Barclay's Glasgow team-mate Kelly Brown is included on the bench.
Hadden said: "Scott has been knocking on the door for some time now and deserves this opportunity, while we've gone for Kelly on the bench for the coverage that he provides.
"We're looking forward to going to Twickenham and seeking back-to-back Calcutta Cup wins for the first time since 1984."
England:15 D Armitage (London Irish); 14 U Monye (Harlequins), 13 M Tindall (Gloucester), 12 R Flutey (Wasps), 11 M Cueto (Sale Sharks); 10 T Flood (Leicester), 9 H Ellis (Leicester); 1 A Sheridan (Sale Sharks), 2 L Mears (Bath), 3 P Vickery (Wasps), 4 S Borthwick (Saracens, capt), 5 S Shaw (Wasps), 6 T Croft (Leicester), 7 J Worsley (Wasps), 8 N Easter (Harlequins)
Replacements: D Hartley (Northampton), J White (Leicester), J Haskell (Wasps), N Kennedy (London Irish), D Care (Harlequins), A Goode (Brive), M Tait (Sale Sharks)
Scotland: 15 C Paterson (Edinburgh), 14 S Danielli (Ulster), 13 M Evans (Glasgow), 12 G Morrison (Glasgow), 11 T Evans (Glasgow), 10 P Godman (Edinburgh), 9 M Blair (Edinburgh, capt); 1 A Dickinson (Gloucester), 2 R Ford (Edinburgh), 3 E Murray (Northampton), 4 J White (Sale), 5 J Hamilton (Edinburgh), 6 A Strokosch (Gloucester), 7 S Gray (Northampton), 8 S Taylor (Stade Francais)
Replacements: 16 D Hall (Glasgow), 17 M Low (Glasgow), 18 N Hines (Perpignan), 19 K Brown (Glasgow), 20 C Cusiter (Perpignan), 21 N De Luca (Edinburgh), 22 H Southwell (Edinburgh)