Henry Pollock will make his second start for England when they face Japan in the Nations Championship at Twickenham on Saturday, with Steve Borthwick making 10 changes to his lineup.

Borthwick, who was under fierce pressure prior to a 45-22 victory over Australia last weekend, has opted to shuffle his pack before facing a side ranked 12th in the world.

And Pollock, who scored two tries during a cameo on the wing against the Wallabies, has been selected to start at number eight. 

Pollock has eight tries in 14 Tests for his country, despite 13 of those outings coming as a replacement. 

Will Joseph is also included in the XV following a spate of impressive performances for Gloucester, with regular wing Immanuel Feyi-Waboso being sidelined.

Fin Smith and Marcus Smith are among those to be rotated out of the line-up, with Ellis Genge, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Asher Opoku-Fordjour, George Martin, George Ford, Ojomoh, Cadan Murley and Freddie Steward the other players to be introduced. 

England have won all six of their previous meetings with Japan, who are led by their former Six Nations Grand Slam-winning head coach Eddie Jones.

England are currently second in the Northern Hemisphere table in the inaugural edition of the Nations Championship, with three wins and one defeat, while Japan have only won once and are fifth of six teams in the Southern Hemisphere standings.

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England XV: Freddie Steward, Will Joseph, Henry Slade, Max Ojomoh, Cadan Murley, George Ford, Jack van Poortvliet; Ellis Genge, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Asher Opoku-Fordjour, Maro Itoje, George Martin, Alex Coles, Ben Earl, Henry Pollock.

Replacements: Dan Theo, Emmanuel Iyogun, Joe Heyes, Arthur Clark, Ben Curry, Greg Fisilau, Archie McParland, Marcus Smith.