There had been speculation that openside specialist Fourie would come into the starting XV but Johnson perseveres with flankers Tom Wood and James Haskell who will continue to play outside their natural positions at 6 and 7 respectively.

Wood was one of England’s outstanding performers in the Millennium Stadium in their 26-19 RBS 6 Nations victory and will make his home debut.

Backs Ben Foden, Chris Ashton, Ben Youngs and Shontayne Hape will also get their first Six Nations starts at Twickenham.

15 - Ben Foden (Northampton Saints)
14 - Chris Ashton (Northampton Saints)
13 - Mike Tindall (Gloucester Rugby) (captain)
12 - Shontayne Hape (Bath Rugby)
11 - Mark Cueto (Sale Sharks)
10 - Toby Flood (Leicester Tigers)
9 - Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers)
1 - Andrew Sheridan (Sale Sharks)
2 - Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints)
3 - Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers)
4 - Louis Deacon (Leicester Tigers)
5 - Tom Palmer (Stade Francais)
6 - Tom Wood (Northampton Saints)
7 - James Haskell (Stade Francais)
8 - Nick Easter (Harlequins)

Replacements
16 - Steve Thompson (Leeds Carnegie)
17 - David Wilson (Bath Rugby)
18 - Simon Shaw (London Wasps)
19 - Hendre Fourie (Leeds Carnegie)
20 - Danny Care (Harlequins)
21 - Jonny Wilkinson (Toulon)
22 - Matt Banahan (Bath Rugby)