England drop Elliot Daly for France Six Nations clash
England have dropped Elliot Daly to give Max Malins his full-debut in Saturday’s Six Nations clash with France at Twickenham.
Daly has been a mainstay in Eddie Jones’ first choice XV since 2016 and has been the preferred full-back since 2018, but his slump in form has resulted in his demotion to the bench with Malins taking over the 15 jersey.
The 28-year-old Saracens star gave an improved performance in the 40-24 defeat by Wales but it was still an error-strewn afternoon and Malins, a specialist full-back who has been in dazzling form on-loan at Bristol, comes in.
A second Lion has been axed by Jones after Jamie George was also named among the replacements, losing his place at hooker to Luke Cowan-Dickie.
The third and final change to the side that effectively surrendered the title at the Principality Stadium sees Charlie Ewels come in for Jonny Hill in the second row.
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