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Manu Tuilagi one of four Leicester Tigers players named in England team

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Leicester Tigers centre Manu Tuilagi will return to the England starting line-up to face France at Twickenham on Saturday.

Tuilagi came on as a replacement in England's 12-6 victory against Ireland after missing the Scotland game with an ankle injury.

He is one of four Tigers names in head coach Stuart Lancaster's starting line-up, alongside Ben Youngs, Dan Cole and Geoff Parling.

With Northampton Saints' Dylan Hartley named as hooker, Tom Youngs drops to the bench with Tigers team-mates Toby Flood and Thomas Waldrom.

Lancaster said: "We thought long and hard about changing a winning team which did so well against Ireland.

"But we believe that Dylan, Courtney and Manu are ready for the opportunity and allow us to vary our play, while the bench will add impact and energy as the game unfolds in the second half.

"The players are really looking forward to getting back to Twickenham. The atmosphere in the stadium is fantastic and, hopefully, the crowd can get behind us in what is sure to be a great challenge against a motivated and physical French team."

England: Goode; Ashton, Tuilagi, Barritt, Brown; Farrell, B Youngs; Marler, Hartley, Cole, Launchbury, Parling, Lawes, Robshaw (capt), Wood. Reps: T Youngs, Wilson, Vunipola, Haskell, Waldrom, Care, Flood, Twelvetrees.

Manu Tuilagi one of four Leicester Tigers players named in England team


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