England aim for Grand Slam glory

England have called up Danny Care and Mako Vunipola and both will start as they attempt to secure their first 6 Nations Grand Slam in 13 years.

Scrum-half Care and loose-head prop Vunipola replace Ben Youngs and Joe Marler in the team for their showdown  with France at the Stade de France on Saturday.

England head coach Eddie Jones said: “We’ve picked our best 23 who we know can get the job done in Paris.”

Marler drops to the replacements despite being cleared to play  late on Wednesday evening following a disciplinary hearing.

The Harlequins forward escaped sanction for striking one Wales prop, Rob Evans, and verbally abusing  Samson Lee.

Marler apologised to Lee at half-time after calling him “Gypsy boy”.

George Ford retains the fly-half jersey with Owen Farrell at inside centre and Manu Tuilagi, who came on at 12 last week with Farrell moving to 10 and Ford being replaced, once again on the bench.

“While we are pleased to have already won the Championship, we don’t want to let our foot off the gas,” said Jones.

“The objective has always been to win every game, to be the most dominant team in Europe, so it’s been very important for us to approach this week with the same level of intensity we have shown in previous weeks.”