Rugby-Pollock on the bench again for England against Argentina

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July 16 (Reuters) - England ⁠coach Steve Borthwick has named an unchanged starting ⁠team for the Nations Championship test against Argentina ‌in Santiago del Estero on Saturday, with loose-forward Henry Pollock on the bench again.

• Borthwick has placed his trust in the ​team that defeated Fiji 73-8 in ⁠Liverpool last weekend, with ⁠Fin Smith again at flyhalf and Marcus Smith at ⁠fullback.

• ‌Uncapped loosehead prop Emmanuel Iyogun should make his debut as a replacement having been ⁠named on the bench. Scrumhalf Ben Spencer ​is also among ‌the replacements and will be hoping to earn ⁠a 19th ​cap.

• Borthwick resisted calls to start Pollock and for the third game in July he will be a ⁠replacement.

• The side will be captained ​by hooker Jamie George.

• Starting XV: 15. Marcus Smith, 14. Tommy Freeman, 13. Henry Slade, 12. Seb Atkinson, 11. ⁠Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, 10. Fin Smith, 9. Jack van Poortvliet, 1. Ellis Genge, 2. Jamie George (c), 3. Joe Heyes, 4. Alex Coles, 5. George Martin, 6. Ollie ​Chessum, 7. Guy Pepper, 8. ⁠Ben Earl.

• Replacements: 16. Luke Cowan-Dickie, 17. Emmanuel Iyogun, ​18. Asher Opoku-Fordjour, 19. Tom Curry, ‌20. Henry Pollock, 21. Ben ​Spencer, 22. Benhard Janse van Rensburg, 23. Noah Caluori.

(Reporting by Nick SaidEditing by Toby Davis)