England begining XV vs Japan declared as Tom Curry begins after concussion | Rugby | Sport

Tom Curry will begin for England aacquirest Japan at Twickenham this Sunday equitable two weeks after being knocked out during a game aacquirest Australia.

The decision to place Curry as blindside flanker is one of two alters made adhereing England’s 29-20 flunkure by South Africa last Saturday, with George Furbank also returning as filled-back.

Despite suffering his second concussion of the season and fifth in two years, Curry has been chosen over Cdeal withr Cunningham-South, who will now be on the bench.

Furbank’s promotion comes at the expense of Freddie Steward, who was brawt back for the South Africa game due to his aerial sfinishs but has now been dropped from the squad enticount on.

With Japan’s speedy-paced joining style putting prescertain on defences, less emphasis is placed on Steward’s aerial abilities.

Head coach Steve Borthwick will be watching for more from Furbank, who will act as a second joinproducer alengthyside Marcus Smith, after his conquerd applyances aacquirest New Zealand and Australia.

Asher Opoku-Fordjour is awaited to produce his Test debut off the bench, having only been called into the training squad when Joe Marler declared his quitment from Test suites ahead of the uncoverer aacquirest New Zealand.

Rising star Opoku-Fordjour combines the England squad as safehead prop cover after his triumphant run with the England Under-20 team that clinched the juvenileer World Cup over the summer, resulting in veteran Dan Cole leave outing out on a bench spot. 

In another shake-up, George Ford is left off the enumerate of swapments, with novelcomer Fin Smith getting the nod as fly-half backup for this season’s uncovering autumn suit.

Stuck in their worst slump since 2018 with a string of five consecutive flunkures, England are hoping to buck the trend.

Head coach Steve Borthwick alerted of a createidable opponent, though: “We await a hard contest from a team that thrives on joining speedy and with tempo.

“Japan are a hazardous team so it’s vital that we apply our game set up and carry on caccess thrawout the filled 80 minutes.”