Tommy Freeman, Fraser Dingwall, Fin Smith, Alex Mitchell and Alex Coles have all been named in Steve Borthwick’s starting XV to face Fiji on Saturday (8 November, kick-off 5:40pm), with Henry Pollock set to come off the bench.
All six Saints featured in last weekend’s 25-7 Quilter Nations Series victory over Australia at Allianz Stadium, with both Pollock and Mitchell getting on the scoresheet.
This week, Dingwall is named as vice-captain alongside Ellis Genge, Ollie Chessum, Jamie George and Maro Itoje.
“It was a pleasing start to the series against Australia last weekend, and we know we’ll need to take another step forward against Fiji,” said Borthwick.
“The focus for us this week is on improving on last weekend’s performance and continuing to develop our game.
“Fiji are a dangerous team with power and quality right across the pitch. They play with physicality and skill, so we’ll need to bring intensity, accuracy and discipline in everything that we do.
“Playing in front of our supporters again at Allianz Stadium means a huge amount to the players, and the team are determined to deliver a performance they can be proud of.”
England line-up v Fiji
Saturday 8 November 2025
Allianz Stadium, Twickenham
Kick-off: 5:40pm
15. Marcus Smith (Harlequins, 44 caps)
14. Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints, 21 caps)
13. Ollie Lawrence (Bath Rugby, 35 caps)
12. Fraser Dingwall (Northampton Saints, 5 caps) – vice-captain
11. Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (Exeter Chiefs, 10 caps)
10. Fin Smith (Northampton Saints, 12 caps)
9. Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints, 24 caps)
1. Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears, 72 caps) – co-captain
2. Luke Cowan-Dickie (Sale Sharks, 50 caps)
3. Joe Heyes (Leicester Tigers, 15 caps)
4. Alex Coles (Northampton Saints, 11 caps)
5. Ollie Chessum (Leicester Tigers, 29 caps) – vice-captain
6. Guy Pepper (Bath Rugby, 4 caps)
7. Ben Earl (Saracens, 43 caps)
8. Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins, 18 caps)
Replacements:
16. Jamie George (Saracens, 103 caps) – vice-captain
17. Fin Baxter (Harlequins, 15 caps)
18. Asher Opoku-Fordjour (Sale Sharks, 4 caps)
19. Maro Itoje (Saracens, 94 caps) – co-captain
20. Tom Curry (Sale Sharks, 62 caps)
21. Henry Pollock (Northampton Saints, 2 caps)
22. Ben Spencer (Bath Rugby, 11 caps)
23. Henry Arundell (Bath Rugby, 10 caps)