Predicting England's Starting XV Against Scotland

This weekend see's the first time Eddie Jones takes charge of England in the Six Nations against Scotland at Murrayfield. Scotland, as we all remember are coming off the back of a frustrating, yet promising World Cup campaign in which they narrowly and controversially lost to Australia at the quarter-final stage. This is by no means an easy to introduction to life in England for Jones, which means he will need to be thinking long and hard about the fifteen players he will send out on to the Murrayfield pitch on Saturday evening. We've picked fifteen players who we believe could start for England on Saturday.

Eddie Jones will take charge of England for the first time
this Saturday at Murrayfield.

1. Joe Marler
Many people will think that Mako Vunipola will deserve to be ahead of Marler on the team sheet for this weekends Six Nations opener as he has had an impressive season at Saracens and his scrummaging has improved massively in recent times. However with 37 caps to his name, 34 of which have been starts we feel that Jones will give the nod to Marler simply because of his experience at international level.

2. Dylan Hartley
Without a doubt the first name of Eddie Jones' team sheet for Saturday's match, Hartley will have the eyes of the country on him, not only analysing his performance on the pitch, but also paying close attention to how he leads the squad.

3. Dan Cole
With the appointment of Eddie Jones as head coach Cole will be looking to re-cement his place in the England starting line-up and looks set to start on Saturday at Murrayfield. However the latest inclusion of Kieran Brookes, who returned from a knee injury at the weekend, may provide some stiff competition for Cole in the tighthead position for the other matches in the tournament.

4. Courtney Lawes
The Northampton second row looks set to regain his place in the squad under Eddie Jones despite missing the open training session due to a slight hamstring strain at Twickenham on Friday.

5. Joe Launchbury 
At only 24 years old and with 28 international caps to his name Joe Launchbury was one of the frontrunners to succeed Chris Robshaw as England captain before Eddie Jones appointed Dylan Hartley as captain. Nevertheless this will give Launchbury time to develop further and become one of the key players in England's squad, and who knows, he may well be the man to lead England in the years to come.

6. Chris Robshaw
Despite appointing Dylan Hartley as England captain, Eddie Jones looks set to pick Robshaw in his preferred and without a doubt his best position at number 6. The Harlequins flanker has been playing at number 6 all season and has put in some very impressive performances.

Chris Robshaw looks set to keep his place in the England
squad despite Dylan Hartley taking over as captain.

7. James Haskell
With Matt Kvesic having been sent back to Gloucester last week meaning that he will not be included in Jones' match-day squad, James Haskell seems the obvious choice to play at 7 on Saturday at Murrayfield, providing bags of international experience within the squad. However as we see the tournament progress we may see the inclusion of Harlequins back-row Jack Clifford over Haskell.

8. Billy Vunipola 
The younger of the Vunipola brothers looks set to regain his position at the rear of the England pack after his inclusion in England's World Cup campaign was cut short due to a knee injury.

9. Ben Youngs
A lot of people will feel that Danny Care will deserve a place in Eddie Jones' starting fifteen at Murrayfield as he has been in blistering form for Harlequins this season, however Ben Youngs can offer England a lot more than Care when it comes to the crucial defensive and physical side of the play. Nevertheless, we would expect to see Care come on at some point in the match and use his brilliant pace from the breakdown.

10. George Ford
With Owen Farrell seemingly being the only first choice Centre to play along side Joseph in the midfield, we would expect Jones' to pick George Ford who has, despite Bath's poor season been in good form in recent weeks.

11. Jack Nowell
The Exeter winger has been on fire for the Chiefs this season and looks certain to be included in the starting XV to face Scotland.

Owen Farrell looks set to start at Centre for England
on Saturday alongside Jonathan Joseph.

12. Owen Farrell
Without a doubt the most experienced inside Centre selected by Jones in his 22-man squad to face Scotland. With no place in the squad for Luther Burrell or Brad Barritt and Henry Slade injured Farrell looks like the only option really. We would expect to see the likes of Sam Hill and Ollie Devoto come in to the fray as the tournament progresses however Jones will almost certainly start at 12 on Saturday.

13. Jonathan Joseph
Elliot Daly has been in sparkling form for Exeter this season and will no doubt get his chance in the Six Nations, but with Jones hesitant to blood new players in such a testing first game up at Murrayfield, Jonathan Joseph will no doubt get the nod.

14. Anthony Watson
Hands-down the standout player during a stuttering season for Bath, Watson had a very promising World Cup and looks set to keep his place in the England starting XV this weekend.

15. Mike Brown
England's best player during the dismal World Cup campaign, Brown has to keep his place in the No.15 jersey this weekend. Despite Alex Goode's great form for Saracens this season, Brown can offer a fair bit more attacking threat than Goode.