England Flanker Joe Worsley will make his first Six Nations start this season against Scotland on Saturday, after Lewis Moody was axed by manager Martin Johnson.

Worsley will appear in the starting lineup for the first time since sustaining knee ligament damage in the opening minute of England's 19-6 loss to New Zealand in November.

With lock Simon Shaw injured, Louis Deacon will start in the second row after coming off the bench early in the 20-16 loss to Ireland two weekends ago.

Lock Courtney Lawes comes onto a reshuffled bench which features a return for hooker Steve Thompson and a first call-up for uncapped Leicester scrumhalf Ben Youngs, who has replaced Paul Hodgson.

The 20-year-old Youngs' father, Nick, won six caps for England at scrumhalf in 1983-84.

England: Delon Armitage, Mark Cueto, Mathew Tait, Riki Flutey, Ugo Monye, Jonny Wilkinson, Danny Care; Tim Payne, Dylan Hartley, Dan Cole, Louis Deacon, Steve Borthwick (Capt), James Haskell, Joe Worsley, Nick Easter. Replacements: Steve Thompson, David Wilson, Courtney Lawes, Lewis Moody, Ben Youngs, Toby Flood, Ben Foden.

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