Tuilagi back as England change three

England have made three changes to their team to face France at Twickenham this weekend including Teamsheetsstarting centre Manu Tuilagi.

Tuilagi replaced the impressive Billy Twelvetrees, hooker Dylan Hartley comes in for Tom Youngs who gets a break on the bench and Courtney Lawes earns a starting spot at flank in place of the hit and miss James Haskell.

“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.” Said England coach Stuart Lancaster.

England host France at Twickenham on Saturday, KO 19:00 GMT (21:00 CAT)

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England

15. Alex Goode , 14. Chris Ashton , 13. Manusamoa Tuilagi , 12. Brad Barritt , 11. Mike Brown , 10. Owen Farrell , 9. Ben Youngs , 1. Joe Marler , 2. Dylan Hartley , 3. Dan Cole , 4. Joe Launchbury , 5. Geoff Parling , 6. Courtney Lawes , 7. Chris Robshaw , 8. Tom Wood ,

Replacements : 16. Tom Youngs , 17. David Wilson , 18. Mako Vunipola , 19. James Haskell , 20. Thomas Waldrom , 21. Danny Care , 22. Toby Flood , 23. Billy Twelvetrees

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