England v Samoa: Dylan Hartley on bench as Sam Simmonds makes first start

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Captain Dylan Hartley lifted the Cook Cup for England after their victory over Australia on Saturday

Captain Dylan Hartley has been left out of England's starting XV for the first time under Eddie Jones, for Saturday's match against Samoa at Twickenham.

Hartley drops to the bench as hooker Jamie George get his first start, while flanker Chris Robshaw and fly-half George Ford are named co-captains.
Exeter number eight Sam Simmonds also makes a starting debut for his country.
Owen Farrell has again been rested with Alex Lozowski paired at centre with Henry Slade.
Hartley is joined among the replacements by 19-year-old lock Nick Isiekwe, and back Piers Francis.
England's 31-year-old captain had led the team for all 22 Test matches under Jones, with Saracens' George a regular presence among the replacements.
Along with Farrell, prop Mako Vunipola has also been omitted from the 23-man squad, with Ellis Genge starting in the front row with George and Dan Cole.
After impressing on this summer's tour of Argentina, Charlie Ewels is in the second row with Joe Launchbury.
Maro Itoje starts for the first time this autumn, and is alongside Robshaw and Simmonds in the back row.
Following his match-winning cameo against Australia, Danny Care starts at scrum-half while, as expected, full-back Mike Brown returns from concussion.

Saturday's autumn internationals
Scotland v Australia (14:30 GMT)	England v Samoa (15:00 GMT)
Wales v New Zealand (17:15 GMT)	Ireland v Argentina (17:30 GMT)

"This is an exciting squad to play against Samoa and we are expecting them to be immensely physical and committed this weekend," said head coach Eddie Jones.
"We want to follow up last week's performance against Australia and play better again this week. Our intent in every game and every training session is to be better.
"This week it is an opportunity for some squad members who haven't been playing to put their best foot forward. We will have to play smart and will need to find ways to win the contest against Samoa."
Samoa include seven English-based players in their starting XV.
Northampton's Ahsee Tuala, Gloucester's Motu Matu'u, Sale's TJ Ioane, and the Bristol quartet of David Lemi, Alapati Leiua, Jack Lam and captain Chris Vui are all included.

Line ups

England: Brown; May, Slade, Lozowski, Daly; Ford (C), Care; Genge, George, Cole; Launchbury, Ewels; Itoje, Robshaw (C), Simmonds
Replacements: Hartley, Marler, Williams, Isiekwe, Lawes, Youngs, Francis, Rokoduguni.
Samoa: Tuala; Perez, Fonotia, Leiua, Lemi; Nanai-Williams, Polataivao; Lay, Matu'u, Brighouse; Tyrell, Vui (C); Faasalele, Ioane, Lam
Replacements: Leiataua, Lay, Sasagi, Lemalu, Treviranus, Matavao, Lee-Lo, Taulagi

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