Bath's Wilson and James named on bench for Six Nations openers

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Thursday, January 31, 2013
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Bath Rugby prop Davey Wilson has been named on the England bench for Saturday's RBS 6 Nations opener against Scotland (4pm).

England: 15 Alex Goode, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Brad Barritt, 12 Billy Twelvetrees, 11 Mike Brown, 10 Owen Farrell, 9 Ben Youngs; 1 Joe Marler, 2 Tom Youngs, 3 Dan Cole, 4 Joe Launchbury, 5 Geoff Parling, 6 Tom Wood, 7 Chris Robshaw, 8 Ben Morgan. Replacements: 16 Dylan Hartley, 17 Davey Wilson, 18 Mako Vunipola, 19 Courtney Lawes, 20 James Haskell, 21 Danny Care, 22 Toby Flood, 23 David Strettle.

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    Davey Wilson. PICTURE: Ian Johnson / takingpictures-sport.co.uk

Club colleague Paul James will also start among the replacements for Wales as they start their Six Nations defence against Ireland on Saturday (1.30pm).

Meanwhile, Tom Biggs has retained his England Saxons starting place and will come up against Bath team-mate Tom Heathcote, who has been named in the Scotland A side for tomorrow's game at Kingston Park (8pm).

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Bath flyer Kyle Eastmond will once again start on the bench for Saxons, as he did during last week's 14-10 win over Ireland A.

Saxons: 15 Elliot Daly, 14 Jonny May, 13 Joel Tomkins, 12 Jordan Turner-Hall, 11 Tom Biggs, 10 George Ford, 9 Richard Wigglesworth; 1 Matt Mullan, 2 Joe Gray, 3 Paul Doran-Jones, 4 Graham Kitchener, 5 George Robson, 6 George Kruis,7 Will Fraser, 8 Jordan Crane (c). Replacements: 16 Rob Buchanan, 17 Nick Wood, 18 Kieran Brookes, 19 Ed Slater, 20 Jamie Gibson, 21 Joe Simpson, 22 George Lowe, 23 Kyle Eastmond.

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