Henry Arundell and Freddie Steward will start on the wing for England in the bronze final against Argentina on Friday, with Marcus Smith returning at fullback as coach Steve Borthwick made eight changes from the team beaten by South Africa in the semis. Giving opportunities to several players who have not featured much in the tournament, an all-new front row sees props Ellis Genge and Will Stuart either side of hooker Theo Dan, who has spent the last three matches as an unused replacement.
Ollie Chessum comes back into the second row while Sam Underhill, who joined the squad as an injury replacement two weeks ago, starts at openside flanker. Tom Curry, who will win his 50th cap, moves to the blindside to reprise the successful back row partnership from the 2019 tournament, with Ben Earl at number eight.
Owen Farrell captains the team from flyhalf and scrumhalf Ben Youngs starts his first game of the tournament to extend his caps record to 127, which will be his last in an England shirt, he said on Wednesday.
Jamie George, Bevan Rodd, Dan Cole, David Ribbans, Lewis Ludlam, Danny Care, George Ford and Ollie Lawrence are on the bench. Curry has been at the centre of an off-field storm this week after he accused South African hooker Bongi Mbonambi of racially abusing him in the semi-final. Farrell said that the flanker had been on the receiving end of "unacceptable" online abuse through the week.
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