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No start for Pollock as England name unchanged side for Argentina clash
No start for Pollock as England name unchanged side for Argentina clash / Photo: Oli SCARFF - AFP

No start for Pollock as England name unchanged side for Argentina clash

SPORTS 16.07.2026

Henry Pollock was once more left among the replacements as England coach Steve Borthwick named an unchanged starting team for Saturday's Nations Championship clash against Argentina in Santiago del Estero.

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Northampton back-row Pollock came off the bench to score a hat-trick of tries in just 32 minutes during last week's 73-8 rout of Fiji in Liverpool.

But even that display was not enough to persuade Borthwick to start Pollock in place of Ben Earl at No 8 despite several former England internationals, including Jeremy Guscott, calling for the 21-year-old to be included in the run-on 15 to play the Pumas.

Borthwick has also retained the midfield combination of Seb Atkinson and Henry Slade, with Benhard Janse van Rensburg continuing on the bench having made his debut last week,

England (15-1)

Marcus Smith; Tommy Freeman, Henry Slade, Seb Atkinson, Immanuel Feyi-Waboso; Fin Smith, Jack van Poortvliet; Ben Earl, Guy Pepper, Ollie Chessum; George Martin, Alex Coles; Joe Heyes, Jamie George (capt), Ellis Genge

Replacements: Luke Cowan-Dickie, Emmanuel Iyogun, Asher Opoku-Fordjour, Tom Curry, Henry Pollock, Ben Spencer, Benhard Janse van Rensburg, Noah Caluori

Coach: Steve Borthwick (ENG)

T.Resende--PC

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