Mike Brown and Courtney Lawes return for England’s Calcutta Cup clash

England have welcomed back both Mike Brown and Courtney Lawes for this weekend's meeting with Scotland in Twickenham.

Brown missed the side's trip to Dublin after his concussion against Italy, while Lawes has missed the opening three games of the championship with an ankle injury. Alex Goode out of the squad after deputising for Brown against Ireland, while Lawes' inclusion has resulted in George Kruis also being dropped. It means that Geoff Parling makes his return to the International set-up after two years battling injury, while Tom Wood is also in the squad, as Nick Easter and Tom Croft miss out through injury. England Head Coach Stuart Lancaster said: “There’s always a lot of competition for places and having experienced players like Courtney, Tom and Geoff available after playing well for their clubs in the last few weeks adds to our options. “It’s been an intense two weeks of training as everyone wants to be on that field on Saturday to put things right after Dublin and we have had to make some tough selection calls. “Coming back to Twickenham will be huge for us and we are determined to put in a performance against a strong and motivated Scotland team.”