Six Nations 2025: Jamie George returns to England squad 
2025-02-03
Category: sports

Men's Six Nations: England v FranceVenue: Allianz Stadium, Twickenham Date: Saturday, 8 February Kick-off: 16:45 GMTCoverage: Listen live on BBC Radio 5 Live & BBC Sounds; text commentary and highlights on BBC Sport website and app; watch on ITV1.
Former captain Jamie George has re-joined England's squad before their second Six Nations match against France at Allianz Stadium on Saturday.Having recently been replaced as skipper by Maro Itoje, George was not included in the initial Six Nations squad after picking up a hamstring injury during Saracens' defeat by Castres in January.The 34-year-old hooker has recovered and will be in full training next week and is the only change to Steve Borthwick's squad.Borthwick's side were defeated 27-22 by Ireland in Dublin in their opening Six Nations game on Saturday.France, who top the Six Nations after hammering Wales in their opening game, condemned England to their heaviest home defeat on their last visit to Twickenham."Our role is to learn from it [the Ireland defeat] and build and get better," said Itoje."There were large parts of our game in which I think we took a step forward. The energy we had on the field, the vibrancy to our attack, and the way the guys were attacking and flooding through holes I thought was very admirable."
England squad for France
ForwardsFin Baxter (Harlequins), Ollie Chessum (Leicester Tigers), Luke Cowan-Dickie (Sale Sharks), Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins), Ben Curry (Sale Sharks), Tom Curry (Sale Sharks), Theo Dan (Saracens), Ben Earl (Saracens), Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears), Jamie George (Saracens), Joe Heyes (Leicester Tigers), Ted Hill (Bath Rugby), Maro Itoje (Saracens), Curtis Langdon (Northampton Saints), George Martin (Leicester Tigers), Asher Opoku-Fordjour (Sale Sharks), Bevan Rodd (Sale Sharks), Will Stuart (Bath Rugby), Tom Willis (Saracens).BacksOscar Beard (Harlequins), Elliot Daly (Saracens), Fraser Dingwall (Northampton Saints), George Ford (Sale Sharks), Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints), Ollie Lawrence (Bath Rugby), Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints), Cadan Murley (Harlequins), Harry Randall (Bristol Bears), Tom Roebuck (Sale Sharks), Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs), Ollie Sleightholme (Northampton Saints), Fin Smith (Northampton Saints), Marcus Smith (Harlequins), Ben Spencer (Bath Rugby), Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers).