England vs Argentina: Elliot Daly returns to the team after breaking his arm

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Elliot Daly will play for the first time since breaking his arm against the British and Irish Lions in June as he starts on the wing for England against Argentina on Sunday.

The 33-year-old replaces Tom Roebuck, who suffered a foot injury during last weekend’s 33-19 win over New Zealand.

Daly’s inclusion is one of six changes made to the starting line-up as coach Steve Borthwick, whose hand has been partially forced due to injury, experiments with more combinations.

Henry Slade makes his first England appearance since February with outside midfielder Ollie Lawrence ruled out with a hamstring problem.

Elsewhere, there is a brand new front row with Ellis Genge and Luke Cowan-Dickie called up alongside Asher Opoku-Fordjour, who made only his second Test start.

Ben Spencer starts at scrum-half, while Theo Dunne is named to the bench with Saracens team-mate Jamie George ruled out with a hamstring problem.

Marcus Smith is on the bench again, with full-back Freddie Steward showing no signs of concussion after suffering a head knock against the All Blacks, and fly-half George Ford, who scored 13 points last weekend, was retained.

England are aiming for an 11th successive win to conclude a very encouraging 2025.

Argentina is seeking to complete a hat-trick of victories in its tour of the Northern Hemisphere, after crushing Wales 52-28 and fighting to beat Scotland 33-24 last weekend.

They will have to buck historical trends to do so, having won just five of the previous 29 Test meetings. However, the Pumas were victorious on their recent visit to Twickenham, edging out the 2022 competition by a single point.

England: steward; Fei-Waboso, Slade, Dingwall, Daly; Ford, Spencer. Genji, Kwan-Dickie, Opoku Fordjour, Itoje, Coles, Pepper, Underhill, Earl.

Replacements: Dunn, Baxter, Stuart, Ewells, T. Carey, Pollock, Mitchell, M. Smith.

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