Saints star Smith among the replacements as England face Scotland

Smith was recently sidelined with a calf injury, but he has overcome that and is in an England matchday squad that includes seven Saints players.

Alex Mitchell, Fraser Dingwall and Tommy Freeman will start for the Red Rose in the second game of their Guinness Six Nations campaign.

Smith will be joined on the bench by Trevor Davison, Alex Coles and Henry Pollock.

There are two changes to the starting XV that defeated Wales 48-7 in the opening round of the championship, with Maro Itoje and Luke Cowan-Dickie replacing Coles and Jamie George respectively.

“Playing Scotland at Murrayfield is always a fantastic occasion and a challenge we are relishing,” said England boss Steve Borthwick.

“We made a pleasing start to the Championship, but we understand that we must continue to raise our standards.

"The squad has trained with focus and determination this week, and we’re excited for the opportunity to test ourselves again on Saturday.”

England team to face Scotland: 15. Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers, 42 caps); 14. Tom Roebuck (Sale Sharks, 9 caps), 13. Tommy Freeman (Saints, 23 caps), 12. Fraser Dingwall (Saints, 8 caps), 11. Henry Arundell (Bath Rugby, 12 caps); 10. George Ford (Sale Sharks, 106 caps) – vice-captain, 9. Alex Mitchell (Saints, 28 caps); 1. Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears, 76 caps) – vice-captain, 2. Luke Cowan-Dickie (Sale Sharks, 54 caps), 3. Joe Heyes (Leicester Tigers, 18 caps); 4. Maro Itoje (Saracens, 98 caps) – captain, 5. Ollie Chessum (Leicester Tigers, 31 caps); 6. Guy Pepper (Bath Rugby, 8 caps), 7. Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby, 46 caps), 8. Ben Earl (Saracens, 47 caps).

Replacements: 16. Jamie George (Saracens, 106 caps) – vice-captain, 17. Bevan Rodd (Sale Sharks, 11 caps), 18. Trevor Davison (Saints, 4 caps), 19. Alex Coles (Saints, 15 caps), 20. Tom Curry (Sale Sharks, 66 caps), 21. Henry Pollock (Saints, 6 caps), 22. Ben Spencer (Bath Rugby, 15 caps), 23. Fin Smith (Saints, 13 caps).