All five Northampton Saints players who featured for England against Italy retain their places in Steve Borthwick’s side for the final Guinness Six Nations clash, with Tommy Freeman, Fin Smith, Alex Coles, Trevor Davison and Henry Pollock all set to face France this weekend.
Freeman and Smith start at centre and fly-half respectively again on Saturday (14 March, kick-off: 8.10pm) in England’s unchanged backs at the Stade de France, while Coles stays on in the second row to earn his 19th cap there.
Tighthead prop Davison is named amongst Borthwick’s replacements for the clash against France and is joined there by Pollock, who provides back row cover this weekend.
“It’s a huge challenge under the lights in Paris against a very strong France side,” said Borthwick.
“England versus France is one of the great rivalries in international rugby and we’re looking forward to the occasion.”
FRANCE v ENGLAND
Saturday 14 March 2026
Stade de France
Kick-off: 8.10pm GMT
15 Elliot Daly (Saracens, 75 caps)
14 Tom Roebuck (Sale Sharks, 11 caps)
13 Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints, 26 caps)
12 Seb Atkinson (Gloucester Rugby, 3 caps)
11 Cadan Murley (Harlequins, 5 caps)
10 Fin Smith (Northampton Saints, 15 caps)
9 Ben Spencer (Bath Rugby, 17 caps)
1 Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears, 79 caps) – vice-captain
2 Jamie George (Saracens, 109 caps) – vice-captain
3 Joe Heyes (Leicester Tigers, 21 caps)
4 Maro Itoje (Saracens, 101 caps) – captain
5 Alex Coles (Northampton Saints, 18 caps)
6 Ollie Chessum (Leicester Tigers, 34 caps)
7 Guy Pepper (Bath Rugby, 11 caps)
8 Ben Earl (Saracens, 50 caps)
Replacements:
16 Luke Cowan-Dickie (Sale Sharks, 57 caps)
17 Bevan Rodd (Sale Sharks, 14 caps)
18 Trevor Davison (Northampton Saints, 7 caps)
19 Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins, 21 caps)
20 Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby, 49 caps)
21 Henry Pollock (Northampton Saints, 9 caps)
22 Jack van Poortvliet (Leicester Tigers, 23 caps)
23 Marcus Smith (Harlequins, 49 caps)