Wilson flies the flag for Bath as Johnson names Six Nations side

Bath Rugby will have just one player in England's matchday squad to face Wales on Saturday​ after three players were overlooked by Martin Johnson.

Bath prop David Wilson will start at tighthead, but wing Matt Banahan is dropped and Dylan Hartley and Steve Thompson are preferred at hooker to Lee Mears. In the centres, Mathew Tait and Riki Flutey will start ahead of Shontyane Hape. There is no space on the bench for Hape, either.

Delon Armitage (London Irish) and Nick Easter (Harlequins) are back in the England starting line-up. The opening game of England's 2010 RBS 6 Nations campaign kicks off at Twickenham at 5pm on Saturday.

England:

15 Delon Armitage (London Irish)

14 Mark Cueto (Sale Sharks)

13 Mathew Tait (Sale Sharks)

12 Riki Flutey (CA Brive)

11 Ugo Monye (Harlequins)

10 Jonny Wilkinson (RC Toulon)

9 Danny Care (Harlequins)

1 Tim Payne (London Wasps)

2 Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints)

3 David Wilson (Bath Rugby)

4 Simon Shaw (London Wasps)

5 Steve Borthwick (Saracens, captain)

6 James Haskell (Stade Francais)

7 Lewis Moody (Leicester Tigers)

8 Nick Easter (Harlequins)

Replacements:

16 Steve Thompson (CA Brive)

17 Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers)

18 Louis Deacon (Leicester Tigers)

19 Steffon Armitage (London Irish)

20 Paul Hodgson (London Irish)

21 Toby Flood (Leicester Tigers)

22 Ben Foden (Northampton Saints)