England manager Martin Johnson made only one change here Friday as he named his side to face Scotland in this weekend's Six Nations rugby clash at Twickenham.

London Irish loosehead Alex Corbisiero replaces injured prop Andrew Sheridan in the starting line-up as England attempt to maintain their unbeaten start to the championship and stay on course for a Grand Slam.

Corbisiero earned his first cap against Italy last month, and replaced Sheridan early on in England's victory over France at Twickenham two weeks ago.

Johnson's line-up also removed doubts about the fitness of fly-half Toby Flood, who had been nursing a sore ankle after being replaced during the second half of the France match.

The only other changes to the match-day 22 see the return of blindside flanker Tom Croft - fit again after recovering from a shoulder injury - while Paul Doran-Jones fills Corbisiero's spot on the bench.

However there was no place in the 22 for lock Courtney Lawes, who has also returned to fitness after a lengthy lay-off with a knee injury.

Lawes, outstanding during England's autumn internationals last year, has been unable to displace veteran lock Simon Shaw, who retains his spot among the replacements.

England are heavy favourites to defeat Scotland on Sunday, looking to extend an unbeaten record against their opponents at Twickenham which stretches back to 1983.

England (15-1)

Ben Foden (Northampton); Chris Ashton (Northampton), Mike Tindall (Gloucester/capt), Shontayne Hape (Bath), Mark Cueto (Sale); Toby Flood (Leicester), Ben Youngs (Leicester); Nick Easter (Harlequins), James Haskell (Stade Francais), Tom Wood (Northampton); Tom Palmer (Stade Francais), Louis Deacon (Leicester); Dan Cole (Leicester), Dylan Hartley (Northampton), Alex Corbisiero (London Irish)

Replacements: Paul Doran-Jones (Gloucester), Tom Croft (Leicester), Danny Care (Harlequins), Jonny Wilkinson (Toulon), Steve Thompson (Leeds Carnegie), Simon Shaw (Wasps), Matt Banahan (Bath)

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