Ashton, who came off the bench late in the Dublin game, will be making his first Six Nations start for six years, and replaces Jack Nowell, who drops to the bench. "I've never seen a Six Nations game that was not brutal. Eddie Jones at the Six Nations 2019 launch... "Our dinner was good. Tackle the Six Nations with unlimited sport coverage from The Telegraph, You need to be a subscriber to join the conversation. Eddie Jones has held his position as England's rugby coach since 2015. Google Chrome
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Jill Scott put Phil Neville's side ahead with a fine finish in just the third minute at the Stade Oceane, the earliest goal of the tournament so far and the fastest England have scored at any edition. *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalties. It started perfectly last week with victory over Ireland in Dublin. Winger Joe Cokanasiga and flanker Brad Shields were the men trimmed from Jones's provisional squad. Ireland 20 England 32.... Aviva Stadium (Dublin).... Saturday, February 2.... England vs France.... Twickenham (London).... Sunday, February 10.... 3pm GMT.... ITV, Wales vs England.... Principality Stadium (Cardiff).... Saturday, February 23.... 4.45pm GMT.... BBC, England vs Italy.... Twickenham (London).... Saturday, March 9.... 4.45pm GMT.... ITV, England vs Scotland.... Twickenham (London).... Saturday, March 16.... 5pm GMT.... ITV. Goalkeepers: Karen Bardsley (Manchester City), Mary Earps (Wolfsburg), Carly Telford (Chelsea), Defenders: Millie Bright (Chelsea), Lucy Bronze (Lyon), Rachel Daly (Houston Dash), Alex Greenwood (Manchester United), Steph Houghton (Manchester City), Abbie McManus (Manchester City), Demi Stokes (Manchester City), Leah Williamson (Arsenal), Midfielders: Karen Carney (Chelsea), Jade Moore (Reading), Jill Scott (Manchester City), Lucy Staniforth (Birmingham City), Georgia Stanway (Manchester City), Keira Walsh (Manchester City), Forwards: Toni Duggan (Barcelona), Fran Kirby (Chelsea), Beth Mead (Arsenal), Nikita Parris (Manchester City), Jodie Taylor (Seattle Reign), Ellen White (Birmingham City). Read the full Women's World Cup fixtures here. Neville's team can now look forward to a last-four clash next Tuesday in Lyon against the United States. Ending period 'taboo' gave USA marginal gain at World Cup, How Megan Rapinoe and USA celebrated Women's World Cup glory - and fired up the equality debate, Fifa Women's World Cup analysis reveals almost 90 per cent of VAR reviews led to referees reversing decisions, Telegraph Audio Football Club podcast: Yanks for the World Cup memories, The USA's World Cup stars should be applauded for their activism - they're champions off the field as well as on, Jordan Nobbs' 10 moments of the World Cup, including breakthrough star and verdict on England, England failed at World Cup but at least they are not pretending otherwise, Megan Rapinoe: We can't do anything more to impress - it's time for progress on equal pay, United States complete back-to-back World Cup triumphs with victory over Holland, Phil Neville considered dropping captain Steph Houghton for England's third-place play-off, Phil Neville says VAR has left him unsure 'where game is going' after Ellen White suffers more heartache, England run out of steam in Nice as Sweden claim World Cup bronze medal, Megan Rapinoe accuses Fifa of not caring about women’s football.