England drop Lewis Moody and call up Ben Youngs

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Tuesday, March 09, 2010
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Leicester Tigers flanker Lewis Moody has been dropped to the bench by England for Saturday's RBS 6 Nations clash away to Scotland.

But uncapped scrum-half Ben Youngs has been called up as a replacement, taking Tigers contingent in the squad to five.

Prop Dan Cole and lock Louis Deacon, who replaces the injured Simon Shaw, start, while fly-half Toby Flood is on the bench.

Team: D Armitage (London Irish); M Cueto (Sale), M Tait (Sale), R Flutey (Brive), U Monye (Harlequins); J Wilkinson (Toulon), D Care (Harlequins); T Payne (Wasps), D Hartley (Northampton), D Cole (Leicester); L Deacon (Leicester), S Borthwick (Saracens, captain); J Haskell (Stade Francais), J Worsley (Wasps), N Easter (Harlequins).

Repl: S Thompson (Brive), D Wilson (Bath), C Lawes (Northampton), L Moody (Leicester), B Youngs (Leicester), T Flood (Leicester), B Foden (Northampton).

For full story see tomorrow's Leicester Mercury

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