Chris Jones
BBC rugby union correspondent

Question from Mark: How credible is Tommy Freeman as a long-term outside centre choice? Dingwall-Freeman makes sense from a club perspective but would Dingwall-Lawrence with Freeman on the bench be better?

Hi Mark. Given his form over the past couple of seasons, I can't see a situation where Freeman is not involved in the starting XV in some shape or form. I think he has a bit of work to do to become a world-class Test centre - like he is as a winger - but I do see the potential for him to get there. He's big, reads the game well, and seldom makes mistakes. Ultimately there is no harm in England having a handful of quality options at number 13; it wasn't long ago centre was a bit of a problem area.

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After the first weekend of action, some minds inevitably slipped to the final one.

England and France, the pre-tournament favourites and big winners of their opening matches, will meet in Paris in the final match of the tournament.

England back row Ben Earl is not looking that far ahead.

"It's important to win, to get used to winning, and important to perform well," he told Rugby Union Weekly.

"No-one is talking about Paris in our camp I promise you. We said in the huddle after beating Wales, 'Well done, but we haven't won at Murrayfield in ages.' We have to right some wrongs."

Chris Jones
BBC rugby union correspondent at the England team hotel

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After making a rare appearance as a replacement against Wales, there was never any doubt Itoje would return to lead the side in Edinburgh.

The change at hooker is interesting, if not hugely surprising. George and Cowan-Dickie have regularly swapped places over the past few years, with the latter providing ballast from the off and the former experience and poise off the bench.

Cowan-Dickie's lineout throwing, an area where George has always had the edge, was on the money against Wales.

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Captain Maro Itoje started last week's win over Wales on the replacements bench after travelling to Nigeria for his mother Florence's funeral.

It was the first minutes of Six Nations action he has missed since 2019, having played all of every England match in the tournament since.

Jamie George, who led the team from the start in Itoje's absence against Wales, is back among the replacements as Luke Cowan-Dickie gets the nod as starting hooker.

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England have named an unchanged backline for the meeting with Scotland, with Fraser Dingwall and Tommy Freeman in midfield and Tom Roebuck and Henry Arundell on the wing.

Maro Itoje comes back into the second row, Luke Cowan-Dickie starts at hooker and Fin Smith replaces Marcus Smith among the replacements.

England team to face Scotland: Steward; Roebuck, Freeman, Dingwall, Arundell; Ford, Mitchell; Genge, Cowan-Dickie, Heyes, Chessum, Itoje, Pepper, Underhill, Earl.

Replacements: George, Rodd, Davison, Coles, Pollock, Curry, Spencer, F Smith

Start the match with the same XV as last time. They were immense. Defo no to Marcus Smith at fly-half. Martin Collins, Slovakia

Seb Atkinson to start, been the form 12 in the season in a poor Glaws team Josh, Gloucester

Freeman is a good centre option but a standout wing. Pick him at wing for France and Ireland and centre v Italy and Scotland David, Oxford

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Inexplicably miss last weekend's action?

Don't worry, we have a start-of-episode recap for you on everything that happened in the first round of the Six Nations.

Want something a little more focused on England's good times after they racked up a 12th successive Test victory, come this way for World Cup winner Matt Dawson's thoughts on this generation.

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Whoever makes the cut, they will jog out at Murrayfield for a 16:40 GMT kick-off on Saturday.

Scotland have won three of the last four meetings in Edinburgh, dating back to a Finn Russell mispass that dropped so perfectly between Jonathan Joseph and Jonny May, its parabola is still studied by Ivy League mathmaticians in their downtime at Nasa's mission control.

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This year's match is on BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport website, where it will be accompanied by a live text.

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The Times and the Daily Telegraph believe they have an early insight into England's plans.

The Times predict, external that England will stick with the same backline that beat Wales - Steward; Roebuck, Freeman, Dingwall, Arundell; Ford, Mitchell - and that captain Maro Itoje, who started the Wales game on the bench after arriving late in camp in the wake of his mother's funeral, will start in the second row.

The Telegraph agree, external that Borthwick will keep the same backline, but add in an interesting tidbit of information among the replacements with Fin Smith apparently set to nudge out Marcus Smith as the backline replacement.

It would leave Tommy Freeman as the most obvious candidate to stand in at full-back if Freddie Steward goes down with an injury.

Fin Smith is apparently being primed for an inside centre role if there is a gap in midfield.

Good idea?

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News from the physios' room.

Centre Ollie Lawrence and fly-half Fin Smith are back in contention for a starting spot after missing the Wales win as they rehabilitated from minor injuries.

There is no return for wing Immanuel Feyi-Waboso though. The Exeter flier pulled out of the starting line-up to face Wales with a leg injury suffered in training last Thursday. Steve Borthwick has said that the 23-year-old could miss the entirity of the championship.

Prop Vilikesa 'Billy' Sela has an injury to work off and so Bristol's George Kloska, part of the England A side which beat an Ireland second-string last Friday, has been called up to cover tighthead prop.

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England have made a habit of revealing their cards early in Test match week under Steve Borthwick.

We are expecting more of the same today, with the announcement of the matchday 23.

If England instead opt to put it out on Thursday - their next day with the media - then this is going to be one long live text build-up.

Twist?

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Or stick?

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England made an emphatic start to their Six Nations campaign on Saturday, seeing off Wales 48-7.

But a tougher assignment awaits this weekend, as they travel to Scotland, where they have not won in six years.

Does Steve Borthwick shuffle the pack and backs? Or sit tight?

We are about to find out....