Furbank and Curry return for England against Japan

Autumn Nations Series: England v Japan

Venue: Allianz Stadium, Twickenham Date: Sunday, 24 November Kick-off: 16:10 GMT

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Tom Curry and Sam Underhill – nicknamed the "Kamikaze Kids" by Eddie Jones – volition commencement unneurotic successful the backmost enactment for England against Jones' Japan connected Sunday.

Curry is backmost aft concussion and starts connected the blind-side flank successful spot of Chandler Cunningham-South, who drops to the bench.

In the different alteration from the starting XV that mislaid to South Africa, full-back George Furbank comes successful for Freddie Steward.

Meanwhile, Sale's 20-year-old prop Asher Opoku-Fordjour is acceptable for his England debut from the bench, with experienced tight-head Dan Cole near retired of the 23.

Also among the replacements, Fin Smith is named arsenic back-up fly-half alternatively of George Ford.

Steve Borthwick’s broadside person mislaid 5 games successful a row, but are dense favourites to halt their losing tally against the Blossoms, who are the past broadside they bushed successful June.

"We expect a pugnacious situation from a squad that thrives connected playing accelerated and with tempo," said Borthwick.

"Japan are a unsafe squad truthful it’s important that we execute our gameplan and support absorption passim the afloat 80 minutes."

England: Furbank; Freeman, Lawrence, Slade, Sleightholme; M Smith, Van Poortvliet; Genge, George (capt), Stuart, Itoje, Martin, T Curry, Underhill, Earl.

Replacements: Cowan-Dickie, Baxter, Opoku-Fordjour, Isiekwe, Cunningham-South, Randall, F Smith, Roebuck.